Close with a Frenchman, but out-maneuver a Russian.
No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.
To do nothing was disgraceful; therefore I made use of my understanding.
Thank God I have done my duty.
I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes... I really do not see the signal!
I cannot, if I am in the field of glory, be kept out of sight: wherever there is anything to be done, there Providence is sure to direct my steps.