In Sea Affairs, Nothing Is Impossible, And

Treat Every Frenchman As If He Was The Devil Himself.

Had We Taken Ten Sails, And Let The Eleventh To Escape, Being Able To Get At Her, I Could Never Have Called It Well Done.

In Sea Affairs, Nothing Is Impossible, And Nothing Is Improbable.

Never Break The Neutrality Of A Port Or Place, But Never Consider As Neutral Any Place From Whence An Attack Is Allowed To Be Made.

Duty Is The Great Business Of A Sea Officer; All Private Considerations Must Give Way To It, However Painful It May Be.