Had we taken ten sails, and let the eleventh to escape, being able to get at her, I could never have called it well done.

What the country needs is the annihilation of the enemy.

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

When I came to explain to them the 'Nelson Touch', it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved - 'It was new - it was singular - it was simple!'.

I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes... I really do not see the signal!

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

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