Life would have no charm or zest for me, if I had to give up the inspiriting clash of arms.

On the day when you are told that Fougas no longer marches in the columns of the army, you can safely answer, 'It is because Fougas is no more!'" He turned to the new colonel of the 23d, and said: "Oh! do you, my dear comrade, tell them that the proud pomp of wealth is a thousand times less sweet than the austere simplicity of the soldier--of a colonel, more than all.

Colonels are the kings of the army.

A colonel is less than a general, but nevertheless he has something more.

He lives more with the soldier; he penetrates further into the intimacy of his command.