Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and increasing by staying in port; but know he finds, I fancy, if Emperors hear the truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night than ours in one year.

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

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

If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under my command, into great danger, I should have long ago been out of the Service and never in the House of Peers.

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

It is my turn now; and if I come back, it is yours.

My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied.