Whoever gains the palm by merit, let him hold it.

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.

I cannot command winds and weather.

Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.

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

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

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.