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

Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all events and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this opportunity of doing my duty.

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

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.

There are very many characteristics which go into making a model civil servant. Prominent among them are probity, industry, good sense, good habits, good tempe…

We are defined by how we use our power.

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