Frigates are the eyes of a fleet.
I have a right to be blind sometimes.
To do nothing was disgraceful; therefore I made use of my understanding.
I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes... I really do not see the signal!
The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more.
I will dine nowhere without your consent although with my present feelings I might be trusted with fifty virgins naked in a dark room.