Military tone in the army is a most difficult thing to define, and differs according to rank, time of service, and kind of service; and there are no genuine soldiers except those who form part of the line, or who command it.
— from Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon — Volume 07 by Louis Constant Wairy

To this all answered as follows: “Most Gracious Sovereign, as they are now grown somewhat and have reason, dost thou not think it well to ask each one of them separately with what science or art he would like to occupy himself?”
— from Myths and Folk-tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars by Jeremiah Curtin