Treat every Frenchman as if he was the devil himself.
Whoever gains the palm by merit, let him hold it.
Close with a Frenchman, but out-maneuver a Russian.
Firstly, you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own respecting their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and thirdly, you must hate a Frenchman, as you do the devil.
A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators.
Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.