The sex is ever to a soldier kind. [ Homer ]
Ay me! what perils do environ
The man that meddles with cold iron! [ Butler ]
And the stern joy which warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel. [ Scott ]
His breast with wounds unnumbered riven,
His back to earthy his face to heaven. [ Byron ]
Soldier, rest! thy warfare over.
Dream of fighting fields no more;
Sleep the sleep that knows not breakings,
Morn of toil, nor night of waking. [ Scott ]
May that soldier a mere recreant prove
That means not, hath not, or is not in love! [ William Shakespeare ]
From the spear a crown, (i.e. honour for military exploits). [ Motto ]
It is on opinion only that government is founded; and this maxim extends to the most despotic and most military governments, as well as to the most free and most popular. [ Hume ]
Examples teach us that in military affairs, and all others of a like nature, study is apt to enervate and relax the courage of man, rather than to give strength and energy to the mind. [ Montaigne ]
There should be no fear. We are protected, and we will always be protected. We will be protected by the great men and women of our military and law enforcement. And most importantly, we will be protected by god. [ President Donald J. Trump, Presidential Inaugeration Speech, Jan 20, 2017 ]
Mankind are in the end always governed by superiority of intellectual faculties, and none are more sensible of this than the military profession. When, on my return from Italy, I assumed the dress of the Institute, and associated with men of science, I knew what I was doing: I was sure of not being misunderstood by the lowest drummer boy in the army. [ Napoleon I ]
Threescore years and ten! It is the Scriptural statute of limitations. After that, you owe no active duties; for you the strenuous life is over. You are a time-expired man, to use Kipling's military phrase: You have served your term, well or less well, and you are mustered out. You are become an honorary member of the republic, you are emancipated, compulsions are not for you, nor any bugle-tail but lights out.
You pay the time-worn duty bills if you choose, or decline if you prefer - and without prejudice - for they are not legally collectable. [ Mark Twain, Seventieth Birthday speech ]