There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind.

More from Napoleon Bonaparte

• Above all, do not fail to give good dinners, and to pay attention to the women.
• Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
• Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.
• The first qualification in a general is a cool head – that is, a head which receives accurate impressions, and estimates things and objects at their real value. He must not allow himself to be elated by good news, or depressed by bad.
• We may stop ourselves when going up, never when going down.
• 640K ought to be enough for anybody.