Men marched away, Vimes. And men marched back. How glorious the battles would have been that they never had to fight!

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.

It is a long-cherished tradition among a certain type of military thinker that huge casualties are the main thing. If they are on the other side then this is a valuable bonus.

Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.

The intelligence of that creature known as a crowd is the square root of the number of people in it.

It is always useful to face an enemy who is prepared to die for his country, " he read. "This means that both you and he have exactly the same aim in mind.

Were you proposing to shoot these people in cold blood, sergeant?""Nossir. Just a warning shot inna head, sir.

Why one man rather than another? It was odd. You find yourself involved with a fellow for life just because he was the one that you met when you were nineteen.

What cannot be avoided t'were childish weakness to lament or fear.

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

Pulvis et umbra sumsu." ~ Horace, Odes ("We are dust and Shadows")

Fifteen years ago, I really give up American market.

It's funny when someone says to you 'you're hot' and all that, because I don't think of it in that way.

... it has always been the depth of my belief, my faith, or my love that was the mainspring of my behavior. When once I believed in doing a thing, nothing could prevent my doing it.

I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant. Nothing has changed.

Should one be shallow enough to view existence as a system of rewards and punishments, one soon learns that we pay as dearly for our triumphs as we do for our defeats.