“When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.”

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”

“As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life.”

“Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.”

“Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.”

“At the beginning of a campaign it is important to consider whether or not to move forward; but when one has taken the offensive it is necessary to maintain it to the last extremity. However skilfully effected a retreat may be, it always lessens the morale of an army, since in losing the chances of success, they are remitted to the enemy. A retreat, moreover, costs much more in men and materials than the bloodiest engagements, with this difference, also, that in a battle the enemy loses practically as much as you do; while in a retreat you lose and he does not.”

“Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.”