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None of his opponents could threaten the existence of the largest European empire since Ancient Rome, larger even than Charlemagne’s....
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‘A Frenchman is brave but long privations and bad climate would wear him down and discourage him. Our climate, our winter, will fight on our side.’ Tsar Alexander to Caulaincourt, early 1811
‘One must never ask of Fortune more than she can grant.’ Napoleon on St Helena
The immense pressure on Britain only lifted in late 1812 and early 1813 as a result of Napoleon’s campaign in Russia; had he not undertaken it, there is no way of knowing how long Britain could have held out against the Continental System.
