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

“Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's off the better.”

“Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all events and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this opportunity of doing my duty.”

“Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and increasing by staying in port; but know he finds, I fancy, if Emperors hear the truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night than ours in one year.”

“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.”

“My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory”

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

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

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

“Something must be left to chance nothing is sure in a sea fight beyond all others.”

“But in case signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside the enemy.”