A ship's a fool to fight a fort..

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..

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

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

Firstly, you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own respecting their propriety. Secondly, you must co….

Frigates are the eyes of a fleet..

Treat every Frenchman as if he was the devil himself..

England expects that every man will do his duty..

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..

I will dine nowhere without your consent although with my present feelings I might be trusted with fifty virgins naked in a dark room..

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..

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

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

I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..