Napoleon Bonaparte

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to the means available.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

There is no such thing as an accident; it is only a consequence of a neglected duty.

The first qualification of a general is a cool head.

The greater the man, the less he is subject to the sway of chance.

The true character of a man is seen in his cups.

I have fought sixty battles, and I have learned nothing that I did not know at the beginning.

The people are nothing, the army is everything.

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

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

I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of the Republic.

The people have never had leaders; they have always had demagogues.

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

The moral is to the physical as three is to four.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

The world suffers a lot. Not because of the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.