Ability is of little account without opportunity. - (Bonaparte, Napoleon - Ability)

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 principals which direct them. - (Bonaparte, Napoleon - Ambition)

I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time. - (Bonaparte, Napoleon - Argument)

The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes. - (Bonaparte, Napoleon - Army and Navy)

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

The torment of precautions often exceeds often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny. - (Bonaparte, Napoleon - Caution)

Chance is the providence of adventurers. - (Bonaparte, Napoleon - Chance)

Character is victory organized. - (Bonaparte, Napoleon - Character)

Do you wish to find out the really sublime? Repeat the Lord's Prayer. - (Bonaparte, Napoleon - Christians and Christianity)

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your tricks of war. - (Bonaparte, Napoleon - Competition)

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know. - (Bonaparte, Napoleon - Conflict)

The conscience is the sacred haven of the liberty of man. - (Bonaparte, Napoleon - Conscience)

A Constitution should be short and obscure. - (Bonaparte, Napoleon - Constitutions)

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself. - (Bonaparte, Napoleon - Control)

I have only one counsel for you -- be master. - (Bonaparte, Napoleon - Control)