What the country needs is the annihilation of the enemy.

There can be no place for self entirely

My love is founded on esteem, the only foundation that can make the passion last.

England expects every man to do his duty

Desperate affairs require desperate measures.

Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all events and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this opportunity of doing my duty.

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