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

No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.

A ship's a fool to fight a fort.

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

I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.

Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.

If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under my command, into great danger, I should have long ago been out of the Service and never in the House of Peers.