Quote #159
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
More from Napoleon Bonaparte
- The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
- The English... are a nation of shopkeepers
- The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.
- The Bible is no mere book, but a Living Creature, with a power that conquers all that oppose it.
- The aristocracy has the advantage of concentrating the power of Government into less dangerous hands than those of the ignorant multitude.
- The favorable opportunity must be seized; for fortune is female, and if you balk her today you must not expect to meet her again tomorrow.
- The allies we gain by victory, will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat.
- The guilt of many men may be traced to over-affection for their wives.