Close With A Frenchman, But Out-maneuver A

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

I Cannot Command Winds And Weather.

If A Man Consults Whether He Is To Fight, When He Has The Power In His Own Hands, It Is Certain That His Opinion Is Against Fighting.

If I Had Been Censured Every Time I Have Run My Ship, Or Fleets Under My Command, Into Great Danger, I Should Have Long Ago Been Out Of The Service And Never In The House Of Peers.

First Gain The Victory And Then Make The Best Use Of It You Can.