A Soldier Will Fight Long And Hard

God Has Given Me The Will And The Force To Overcome All Obstacles.

If They Want Peace, Nations Should Avoid The Pin-pricks That Precede Cannon Shots.

What I Have Done Up To This Is Nothing. I Am Only At The Beginning Of The Course I Must Run. Do You Imagine That I Triumph In Italy In Order To Aggrandise The Pack Of Lawyers Who Form The Directory, And Men Like Carnot And Barras? What An Idea!

Promptly Improve Your Accidents.

All Men Of Genius, And All Those Who Have Gained Rank In The Republic Of Letters, Are Brothers, Whatever May Be The Land Of Their Nativity.