Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.

Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.

I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.

Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.

England expects that every man will do his duty.

Desperate affairs require desperate measures.

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

A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators.

I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.

In Sea affairs, nothing is impossible, and nothing is improbable.

The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more.

Some women's arms are placed of exile

The soul gets tougher with every endure situation.

That girl is just plain crazy, " Chey said as she looped her arm through Arkadia's. 'I swear when they were handing out social skills she was still in the line for shoes.

I've never been in love, but if a penguin can find a soul mate, I'm sure I can, too.

A lizard in the spring - hear his darling sing. A bird with wings to fly - go back to his darling weep and moan till he dies. A mole in the ground - root a mountain down.

Never follow anyone else's path, unless you're in the woods and you're lost.

We are in the the very midst of a revolution, the most complete, unexpected and remarkable of any in the history of nations.

I never get tired of hearing compliments.

I work and work and if I have a surplus I book a holiday.

The love of my life is the love between friends.