"What on earth have I done to think only of you to love only Josephine to live only for my wife to enjoy happiness only with my dear."

"Imagination rules the world."

"Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them."

"The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man."

"The principles of war are the same as those of a siege. Fire, movement, and surprise."