"Если хочешь быть красивым, поступи в гусары."

"Что име́ем — не храни́м, потеря́вши — пла́чем."

"Even an oyster has enemies!"

"If you want to be beautiful, enroll in the Hussars."

"Watch out!"

"Where is the beginning of the end that comes at the end of the beginning?"

"If you want to be happy, be!"

"There are three things that once begun are difficult to finish: a) eating delicious food; b) talking to a friend who …"

"Nobody will embrace the unembraceable."

"Let the exact fit of the ammunition be the goal of the soldier's ambition."