Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

Great men are never cruel without necessity.

To extraordinary circumstances we must apply extraordinary remedies.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

Death is nothing; but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.

Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of coloured ribbon.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon-shots.

The human race is governed by its imagination.

There are two levers for moving men — interest and fear.

I base my calculation on the expectation that luck will be against me.