- Napoleon Bonaparte: I found the crown of France in the gutter. I picked it up with the tip of my sword and cleaned it, and placed it atop my own head.
- Napoleon Bonaparte: The English say, they are fighting for honor and the French are fighting for money.
- Napoleon Bonaparte: So they are both fighting for what they don't have!
- Napoleon Bonaparte: Once an English ambassador challenged my reasons for war. He said, you French, you fight only for money. While we English, we fight for honor. I replied, everyone fights for what they lack.
- Josephine Bonaparte: Someone advised me to get pregnant in order to have a better chance of surviving in prison.
- Josephine Bonaparte: [in a letter] Napoleon, I'm a flower that opens its petals and smiles to the sunshine, unconscious that the storm is near which will lay me low and scatter leaves to the heavens. Come quickly, my friend.