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

“No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.”

“Aft the more honour, forward the better man”

“But in case signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood, no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.”

“The ideal never comes. Today is ideal for him who makes it so.”

“Far too often we lose patience with the process and quit too soon, missing out on what we could have gained.”

“Too many books. . . too many fairy tales led him to believe that there was something romantic in being a soldier.”