If one is a professional soldier, it is part of one's job to die sooner or later.

Only those who decline to scramble up the career ladder are interesting as human beings. Nothing is more boring than a man with a career.

Each person has his special moment of life when he unfolded himself to the fullest, felt to the deepest, and expressed himself to the utmost, to himself and to others.

Surrender one hair, and you'll end up beardless.

The most intense patriotism always flourishes in the rear.

You took my freedom away a long time ago and you can't give it back because you haven't got it yourself.

All classifications in this world lack sharp boundaries, and all transitions are gradual.