Die young, and I shall accept your death-but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all.
If you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
A faithful friend is the true image of the Deity.
The unwilling soldier will do anything to fight for a useless fabric piece of ribbon.