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

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.

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.

He talks to people's grievances, but he doesn't seem mad. – Elizabeth Drew

They weren't tears of sadness or even tears of joy. I was just overflowing. Like so many things since I'd been here, I didn't yet understand it, but I felt it.

Even pretty faces are mutilated by ugly character

It's important, when going after a goal, to never lose sight of the integrity of the journey.

Being a wife and a mother is very gratifying, but it's not a creative expression and that's something I need to be happy.

The Negro's so-called 'revolt' is merely an asking to be accepted into the existing system!

The sentimental want to be thrilled by everything.

God and the devil lose to a common enemy: inertia.

Acting was always my unscratched itch, when I was in college and even afterwards.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is better, especially when it comes to saving life, or some pain!