Frigates are the eyes of a fleet.

I am a Norfolk man and Glory in being so.

Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's off the better.

Something must be left to chance; nothing is certain in a sea fight

I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.

I am ill every time it blows hard, and nothing but my enthusiastic love for the profession keeps me one hour at sea.

England expects every man to do his duty