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

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.

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

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.

Treat every Frenchman as if he was the devil himself.

England expects that every man will do his duty.