If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion is against fighting.
Horatio NelsonDuty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.
Horatio NelsonOur Country will, I believe, sooner forgive an Officer for attacking his Enemy than for letting it alone.
Horatio NelsonLaurels grow in the Bay of Biscay, I hope a bed of them may be found in the Mediterranean.
Horatio NelsonThe business of the English commander-in-chief being first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
Horatio Nelson