"I am going to fight your enemies, I leave you in the midst of my own."

"Do you want to know where Prince Eugene’s real enemies are? They are in Vienna, while mine are in Versailles."

"A general has to expose his life as much as he exposes the lives of others."

"What! Is it expected that I, a Marshal of France, should be the first to escalade, when I order you to attack?"

"When the first shot is fired, no one can calculate what will be the issue of the war. It is, therefore, of vast impor…"

"When we are determined upon war, we should carry it on vigorously and without trifling."

"In war everything depends upon being able to deceive the enemy; and having once gained this point, in never allowing …"

"My principal attention was always directed to the study of the younger generals. Such a one I found, by the boldness …"

"No governor of a place should he permitted to excuse himself for surrendering, on the ground of wishing to preserve t…"

"God protect me from my friends, I can protect myself from my enemies. [Variation: Defend me from my friends; I can ta…"