An army travels on its stomach. Soup makes the soldier.
Democracy may become frenzied, but it has feelings and can be moved. As for aristocracy, it is always cold and never forgives.
The army is the true nobility of our country.
I have so often been mistaken that I no longer blush for it
You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
The most terrible of all my battles was the one before Moscow. The French showed themselves to be worthy of victory, but the Russians showed themselves worthy of being invincible.