Hardy, I do believe they have done it at last... my backbone is shot through.

Treat every Frenchman as if he was the devil himself.

Had we taken ten sails, and let the eleventh to escape, being able to get at her, I could never have called it well done.

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

What the country needs is the annihilation of the enemy.

I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.