In my youth I, too, entertained some illusions; but I soon recovered from them.
An army travels on its stomach. Soup makes the soldier.
When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.
Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.
The unwilling soldier will do anything to fight for a useless fabric piece of ribbon.
A faithful friend is the true image of the Deity.