Thank God I Have Done

No Captain Can Do Very Wrong If He Places His Ship Alongside That Of The Enemy.

Laurels Grow In The Bay Of Biscay, I Hope A Bed Of Them May Be Found In The Mediterranean.

I Owe All My Success In Life To Having Been Always A Quarter Of An Hour Before My Time.

I Will Dine Nowhere Without Your Consent Although With My Present Feelings I Might Be Trusted With Fifty Virgins Naked In A Dark Room.

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