Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.

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

England expects every man to do his duty

Frigates are the eyes of a fleet.

There can be no place for self entirely

Desperate affairs require desperate measures.

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.