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.

To do nothing was disgraceful; therefore I made use of my understanding.

I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.

I cannot command winds and weather.

You must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your King, and you must treat every Frenchman as if he were the Devil himself.

I cannot, if I am in the field of glory, be kept out of sight: wherever there is anything to be done, there Providence is sure to direct my steps.

Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.