- Henri: Pardon, Messieurs Baron. I want to be trained.
- Baron Von Steuben: You? Little field mouse, you're no soldier. Then, neither are they.
- Henri: But they're the best. They just need to learn what you have to teach.
- Baron Von Steuben: Between you and me, I think you might be right. Very well. You may train with us as our mascot. And perhaps, our good luck charm.
- Henri: Hooray!
- Benjamin Franklin: [after talking to a French officer] Heaven forbid he has the price of passage. If Congress continues promoting these fools into officers, we will surely lose the war.