Fly Not, Cowards And Vile Beings, For

He Who Has The Judge For His Father Goes Into Court With An Easy Mind.

For The Army Is A School In Which The Miser Becomes Generous, And The Generous Prodigal; Miserly Soldiers Are Like Monsters, But Very Rarely Seen.

Jests That Give Pains Are No Jests.

It Is Courage That Vanquishes In War, And Not Good Weapons.

Do But Take Care To Express Yourself In A Plain, Easy Manner, In Well-chosen, Significant And Decent Terms, And To Give A Harmonious And Pleasing Turn To Your Periods: Study To Explain Your Thoughts, And Set Them In The Truest Light, Labouring As Much As Possible, Not To Leave Them Dark Nor Intricate, But Clear And Intelligible.