Wherever Wood Can Swim, There I Am

True Wisdom, In General, Consists In Energetic Determination.

Do You Know What Astonished Me The Most In This World? The Inability Of Force To Create Anything.

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!

The Spectacle Of A Field Of Battle After The Combat, Is Sufficient To Inspire Princes With The Love Of Peace, And The Horror Of War.

Fanaticism Must Be Put To Sleep Before It Can Be Eradicated.