Called to the throne by the voice of the people, my maxim has always been: A career open to talent without distinction of birth. It is this system of equality for which the European oligarchy detests me
Let the path be open to talent.
Revolutions are good times for soldiers of talent and courage.
France always has plenty men of talent, but it is always deficient in men of action and high character.
There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.
When you determine to risk a battle, reserve to yourself every possible chance of success, more particularly if you have to deal with an adversary of superior talent, for if you are beaten, even in the midst of your magazines and your communications, woe to the vanquished!
In war, the general alone can judge of certain arrangements. It depends on him alone to conquer difficulties by his own superior talents and resolution.
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