Napoleon Bonaparte

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.

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

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

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

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

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

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Imagination rules the world.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

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

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.