A ship's a fool to fight a fort.
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.
Treat every Frenchman as if he was the devil himself.
Thank God I have done my duty.
Close with a Frenchman, but out-maneuver a Russian.
Hardy, I do believe they have done it at last... my backbone is shot through.