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Aft the more honour, forward the better man

Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.

Frigates are the eyes of a fleet.

I cannot command winds and weather.

If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion is against fighting.

A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators.

To do nothing was disgraceful; therefore I made use of my understanding.

Laurels grow in the Bay of Biscay, I hope a bed of them may be found in the Mediterranean.

I believe my arrival was most welcome, not only to the
Commander of the Fleet but almost to every individual in it.

You must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your King, and you must treat every Frenchman as if he were the Devil himself.

Never break the neutrality of a port or place, but never consider as neutral any place from whence an attack is allowed to be made.

Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.

Had we taken ten sails, and let the eleventh to escape, being able to get at her, I could never have called it well done.

In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them.

Thank God I have done my duty.

In Sea affairs, nothing is impossible, and nothing is improbable.

My love is founded on esteem, the only foundation that can make the passion last.

Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.

I am a Norfolk man and Glory in being so.

Close with a Frenchman, but out-maneuver a Russian.

Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.

There can be no place for self entirely

No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.

I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes ... I really do not see the signal!

I have a right to be blind sometimes.

A ship's a fool to fight a fort.

I am of the opinion that the boldest measures are the safest.

Hardy, I do believe they have done it at last ... my backbone is shot through.

I cannot, if I am in the field of glory, be kept out of sight: wherever there is anything to be done, there Providence is sure to direct my steps.

England expects every man to do his duty

My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied.

England expects that every man will do his duty.

Treat every Frenchman as if he was the devil himself.

I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.

The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more.

Something must be left to chance; nothing is certain in a sea fight

Whoever gains the palm by merit, let him hold it.

Thank God I have done my duty. Drink, drink. Fan, fan. Rub, rub. Kiss me, Hardy.

Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone.

First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.

I am ill every time it blows hard, and nothing but my enthusiastic love for the profession keeps me one hour at sea.

It is my turn now; and if I come back, it is yours.

What the country needs is the annihilation of the enemy.