It is my turn now; and if I come back, it is yours.

Desperate affairs require desperate measures.

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.

I cannot command winds and weather.

I am ill every time it blows hard, and nothing but my enthusiastic love for the profession keeps me one hour at sea.

Frigates are the eyes of a fleet.

Thank God I have done my duty.