Duty Is The Great Business

In Sea Affairs, Nothing Is Impossible, And Nothing Is Improbable.

First Gain The Victory And Then Make The Best Use Of It You Can.

Firstly, You Must Always Implicitly Obey Orders, Without Attempting To Form Any Opinion Of Your Own Respecting Their Propriety. Secondly, You Must Consider Every Man Your Enemy Who Speaks Ill Of Your King; And Thirdly, You Must Hate A Frenchman, As You Do The Devil.

No Captain Can Do Very Wrong If He Places His Ship Alongside That Of The Enemy.

I Owe All My Success In Life To Having Been Always A Quarter Of An Hour Before My Time.