Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.

In a battle, as in a siege, the art consists in concentrating very heavy fire on a particular point. The line of battle once established, the one who has the ability to concentrate an unlooked for mass of artillery suddenly and unexpectedly on one of these points is sure to carry the day.

Surely in a matter of this kind we should endeavor to do something, that we may say that we have not lived in vain, that we may leave some impress of ourselves on the sands of time.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

It is often in the audacity, in the steadfastness, of the general that the safety and the conservation of his men is found.

If you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.

The French complain of everything, and always.