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

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

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.

I am of the opinion that the boldest measures are the safest.

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

In Sea affairs, nothing is impossible, and nothing is improbable.

I will dine nowhere without your consent although with my present feelings I might be trusted with fifty virgins naked in a dark room.