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

If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion is against fighting.

I cannot, if I am in the field of glory, be kept out of sight: wherever there is anything to be done, there Providence is sure to direct my steps.

My love is founded on esteem, the only foundation that can make the passion last.

In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them.

I am ill every time it blows hard, and nothing but my enthusiastic love for the profession keeps me one hour at sea.

A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators.