Treat every Frenchman as if he was the devil himself.
From Horatio Nelson
Firstly you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own regarding their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and thirdly you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil.
England expects that every man will do his duty.
Desperate affairs require desperate measures.
First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.
I cannot, if I am in the field of glory, be kept out of sight: wherever there is anything to be done, there Providence is sure to direct my steps.
I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes... I really do not see the signal!
My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory; for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive.
Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.
No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.
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