I will dine nowhere without your consent although with my present feelings I might be trusted with fifty virgins naked in a dark room.

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

I will dine nowhere without your consent although with my present feelings I might be trusted with fifty virgins naked in a dark room.

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.

You must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your King, and you must treat every Frenchman as if he were the Devil himself.

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

Treat every Frenchman as if he was the devil himself.