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

Treat every Frenchman as if he was the devil himself.

Our Country will, I believe, sooner forgive an Officer for attacking his Enemy than for letting it alone.

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

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.

Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all events and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this opportunity of doing my duty.

Firstly, you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own respecting their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and thirdly, you must hate a Frenchman, as you do the devil.