It requires more courage to suffer than to die

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever

What are the conditions that make for the superiority of an army? Its internal organization, military habits in officers and men, the confidence of each in themselves; that is to say, bravery, patience, and all that is contained in the idea of moral means.

Soldiers! Forty centuries behold you!

One might as well try to charge through a wall.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

Leave the Artillerymen alone, they are an obstinate lot...

Nothing is more destructive than the charge of artillery on a crowd.

I cannot approve of your method of operation, you proceed like a bewildered idiot, taking not the least notice of my orders.