Close with a Frenchman, but out-maneuver a Russian.

Laurels grow in the Bay of Biscay, I hope a bed of them may be found in the Mediterranean.

Never break the neutrality of a port or place, but never consider as neutral any place from whence an attack is allowed to be made.

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.

My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied.

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

I cannot command winds and weather.