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

Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.

Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.

I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.

Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.

England expects that every man will do his duty.

Desperate affairs require desperate measures.

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

I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.

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

The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more.

I don't expect you to fight over me... But I do expect you to fight for me... for us.

I'd love to go out with you, but I'd hate to deprive some village of its idiot.

To not to have entirely wasted one’s life seems to be a worthy accomplishment, if only for myself.

I look out the window sometimes to seek the color of the shadows and the different greens in the trees, but when I get ready to paint I just close my eyes and imagine a scene.

Ultimately, it is the people who judge, through elections, whether someone governs well or not. It's not up to other politicians to define and determine our colleagues.

No two men are absolutely alike, not even twins, yet there is much that is indispensably common to all mankind.

It is time we Georgians did not depend only on others, it is time we asked what Georgia will do for the world.

If trading is like chess, then macro is like three-dimensional chess.

Any fool can steer a ship, sir. Its just knowing where to take it.

I want the people of New York to be an example to the rest of the country, and the rest of the world, that terrorism can't stop us.