England expects every man to do his duty
I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes... I really do not see the signal!
Whoever gains the palm by merit, let him hold it.
Frigates are the eyes of a fleet.
To do nothing was disgraceful; therefore I made use of my understanding.
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.