Thank God I have done my duty. Drink, drink. Fan, fan. Rub, rub. Kiss me, Hardy.

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.

She didn’t want to die. She couldn’t imagine wanting to die…Death was for—for other people.

Give and take makes good friends.

Fun is good.

I was a sickly child, contracting tuberculosis at the age of five.

Nothing more do I ask than to share with you the ecstasy and sacrament of my life.

The only refuge left to us was the poet's ivory tower, which we climbed, ever higher, to isolate ourselves from the mob.

Less money for retirees means less purchasing power means less economic growth overall. It's a big problem.

There's a ball. There's a hoop. You put the ball through the hoop. That's success.

[To the audience at her farewell concert:] You have always given me more than I gave to you ... You were the wings on which I soared.

I have learned to do more with less, so you don't see the big books anymore.