Napoleon was involved in conversation with a colonel of a Hungarian battalion
          who had been taken prisoner in Italy.  The colonel mentioned he had fought in
          the army of Maria Theresa.  "You must have a few years under your belt!"
          exclaimed Napoleon.  "I'm sure I've lived sixty or seventy years," replied the
          colonel.  "You mean to say," Napoleon continued,  "you have not kept track of
          the years you have lived?"

          The colonel promptly replied,  "Sir, I always count my money, my shirts, and
          my horses - but as for my years, I know nobody who wants to steal them, and I
          shall surely never lose them."
 

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