Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone.

Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's off the better.

First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.

Duty is the great business of a sea officer all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.

Duty is the great business of a sea officer all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.