In Sea affairs, nothing is impossible, and nothing is improbable.

I am of the opinion that the boldest measures are the safest.

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

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

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.

What the country needs is the annihilation of the enemy.

Desperate affairs require desperate measures.