Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Incidents should not govern policy; but, policy incidents. – Napoleon Bonaparte

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Incidents should not govern policy; but, policy incidents. – Napoleon Bonaparte
The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes. – Napoleon Bonaparte
The ablest writer is only a gardener first, and then a cook: his tasks are, carefully to select and cultivate his strongest and most nutritive thoughts; and when they are ripe, to dress them, wholesomely, and yet so that they may have a relish. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers