La Rochefoucauld §laroch_214: Valour in common soldiers is a perilous method of earning their living.

Valour in common soldiers is a perilous method of earning their living. ["Men venture necks to gain a fortune, The soldier does it ev{'}ry day, (Eight to the week) for sixpence pay." {--Samuel Butler,} Hudibras, Part II., canto i., line 512.]