I Cannot Command Winds And Weather.

A Fleet Of British Ships At War Are The Best Negotiators.

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

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

Buonaparte Has Often Made His Boast That Our Fleet Would Be Worn Out By Keeping The Sea And That His Was Kept In Order And Increasing By Staying In Port; But Know He Finds, I Fancy, If Emperors Hear The Truth, That His Fleet Suffers More In A Night Than Ours In One Year.

Time Is Everything; Five Minutes Make The Difference Between Victory And Defeat.