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

Something must be left to chance; nothing is certain in a sea fight

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

What the country needs is the annihilation of the enemy.

I am a Norfolk man and Glory in being so.

The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more.

Hardy, I do believe they have done it at last... my backbone is shot through.