Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
The only way you get on in this profession is to have the reputation of doing what you are told as thoroughly as possible.
If a man does his best, what else is there?
Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.
If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.