First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.

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.

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

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.

Art is an imagination, projection, and reflection of the mind in a particular form that society can internalize and enjoy.

The entire universe is a great theatre of mirrors.

It is rather shocking to note that opposition leaders, who are representatives of the wananchi (citizens), are themselves rejecting the participation of the wananchi in this major public issue.

I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.

If you do nothing, that just empowers the gangs.

For I have always been a seeker, a dreamer, and a ponderer on seeking and dreaming.

Another reality is a whisper away.

Be understood in thy teaching, and instruct to this measure of capacity; precepts and rules are repulsive to a child, but happy illustration winneth him.

At this point, I'm spoiled. I've actually had a really blessed career.

If I have questions about the universe on my mind when I go to bed, I can't turn off. I dream equations all night.