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

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

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

The politics of courts are so mean that private people would be ashamed to act in the same way; all is trick and finesse, to which the common cause i….

What the country needs is the annihilation of the enemy..

England expects every man to do his duty.

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

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

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

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..

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

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