Laurels grow in the Bay of Biscay, I hope a bed of them may be found in the Mediterranean.

No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.

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.

Never break the neutrality of a port or place, but never consider as neutral any place from whence an attack is allowed to be made.

My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory; for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive.

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

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