I am of the opinion that the boldest measures are the safest.

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.

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.

I cannot command winds and weather.

First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.

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.

The business of the English commander-in-chief being first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.