The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man. – Napoleon Bonaparte
True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat. – Napoleon Bonaparte
There is no class of people so hard to manage in a state, as those whose intentions are honest, but whose consciences are bewitched. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Incidents should not govern policy; but, policy incidents. – Napoleon Bonaparte
I base my calculations on the expectation that luck will be against me – Napoleon Bonaparte
The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains – Napoleon Bonaparte
A true man hates no one. – Napoleon Bonaparte
There are two levers for moving men — interest and fear. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Who saves his country violates no law. – Napoleon Bonaparte
We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him. – Napoleon Bonaparte
From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us. – Napoleon Bonaparte
The art of government is not to let me grow stale. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Public instruction should be the first object of government. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Large legislative bodies resolve themselves into coteries, and coteries into jealousies. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Great people are meteors designed to burn so that the earth may be lighted. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Once you have made up your mind, stick to it; there is no longer any if or but. – Napoleon Bonaparte
The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague. – Napoleon Bonaparte
When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes. – Napoleon Bonaparte
I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time. – Napoleon Bonaparte
