Soldier Quotes

A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.
Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.
For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim.
For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer.
He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce.
The sweetest of all sounds is praise.
The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause from their own volition, enduring the most arduous hardships without being forced to do so, and remaining steadfast in the moments of greatest peril.
There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.
Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy.
A discontented young fellow, filled with self pride; he certainly should have considered it an honor to be sent on so respectable an embassy as he was.
A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable.
American agents... are the only persons authorized to hold councils of a political nature.
Among various demands and charges I gave them, was, that the said flag should be delivered to me, and one of the United States' flags be received and hoisted in its place.
At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards.
Few Indians only had breech cloths, most being wrapped in buffalo robes, otherwise quite naked.
Give immediate instruction to all your posts in said territory, under your direction, at no time and on no pretence to hoist, or suffer be hoisted, the English flag.
He was a man, he always performed his promises.
I cannot consent to be led three or four hundred leagues out of my route, without its being by force of arms.
I differ materially from Capt. Lewis, in my account of the numbers, manners, and morals of the Sioux.
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