...without A Respectable Navy, Alas

It Seems To Be A Law Of Nature, Inflexible And Inexorable, That Those Who Will Not Risk Cannot Win.

If Fear Is Cultivated It Will Become Stronger, If Faith Is Cultivated It Will Achieve Mastery.

He Who Will Not Risk Cannot Win.

It Is True That I Must Run A Great Risk; No Gallant Action Was Ever Accomplished Without Danger.

I Wish To Have No Connection With Any Ship That Does Not Sail Fast; For I Intend To Go In Harm's Way.