The friendship between officers is tarnished by the need for one or another to be promoted. The kindness of a captain is predicated on the obedience and efficiency of his underlings.

When I felt ill and was on the way to becoming a burden to the other men, I noticed a growing chill in their attitude toward me. For people like us, living day and night...

The mark of Friendship is not that help will be given when the pinch comes (of course it will) but that, having been given, it makes no difference at all.

Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.

You want me to lie for you?” Aidan asked, watching them. “Believe in me, the way you did in my mama.” Aidan wheezed and sputtered. What did she know ’bout him and Miz Garnett? “Please.”...

There will always be wars,” Maggie told him.”Yes,” Reeve replied. “But there will also be brothers, sisters, comrades and lovers as well, and they are who we fight for. Our comrades–our brothers–beside us on the...

Two minds with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.

Legionary life is beautiful, not because of riches, partying or the acquisition of luxury, but because of the noble comradeship which binds all Legionaries in a sacred brotherhood of struggle.

The King once said to me, ‘Harold, you stand above all other men.’ I said, ‘No, Sire. I want nothing more than to stand shoulder to shoulder with my men. I am nothing without them.

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

You can’t substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship. Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness.

poor boy! I never knew you, Yet I think I could not refuse this moment to die for you, if that would save you