I came across this quote yesterday. It's from 33 year old General Antoine Charles Lasalle, recalled by Napoleon from Spain to serve against Austria, when asked if he would go to Germany via Paris.

"Yes, it's the shortest way. I shall arrive at five a.m.; I shall order a pair of boots; I shall make my wife pregnant, and I shall depart."

He was among the 27,000 French killed at Wagram a few months later.