I am a Norfolk man and Glory in being so.
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.
A ship's a fool to fight a fort.
Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.
My love is founded on esteem, the only foundation that can make the passion last.
I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.