If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under my command, into great danger, I should have long ago been out of the Service and never in the House of Peers.

England expects every man to do his duty

The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more.

I have a right to be blind sometimes.

Thank God I have done my duty.

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

What the country needs is the annihilation of the enemy.