I Cannot Command Winds And Weather.

I Could Not Tread These Perilous Paths In Safety, If I Did Not Keep A Saving Sense Of Humor.

To Do Nothing Was Disgraceful; Therefore I Made Use Of My Understanding.

I Have Only One Eye, I Have A Right To Be Blind Sometimes... I Really Do Not See The Signal!

The Business Of The English Commander-in-chief Being First To Bring An Enemy Fleet To Battle On The Most Advantageous Terms To Himself, (i Mean That Of Laying His Ships Close On Board The Enemy, As Expeditiously As Possible); And Secondly To Continue Them There Until The Business Is Decided.

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