Never break the neutrality of a port or place, but never consider as neutral any place from whence an attack is allowed to be made.

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.

If you fall in darkness, there will be light. If your fall enter depression, there is some sort of happiness. Fall but get up. Weak but be strong. Life is just beginning

Polly had arrived in the world outraged to discover that her sisters had gotten there before her.

Maybe a day will come when we may have to just put on a pair of glasses and see sports events.

I didn't really choose to write; I more or less fell into it.

It's fun to play characters in songs. I can just cheat a little bit... be this person for just a small amount of time and just help vent that idea.

In the darkest place, shed the brightest light.

The human race is in the best condition when it has the greatest degree of liberty.

You don't expect me to know what to say about a play when I don't know who the author is, do you? . . . If it's by a good author, it's a good play, naturally. That stands to reason.

Citties are taken by the eares.

There are many programs specifically aimed at helping people in poverty start a business.