...without A Respectable Navy, Alas America!

Where Men Of Fine Feeling Are Concerned There Is Seldom Misunderstanding.

It Is True That I Must Run A Great Risk; No Gallant Action Was Ever Accomplished Without Danger.

It Seems To Be A Law Of Nature, Inflexible And Inexorable, That Those Who Will Not Risk Cannot Win.

An Honorable Peace Is And Always Was My First Wish! I Can Take No Delight In The Effusion Of Human Blood; But, If This War Should Continue, I Wish To Have The Most Active Part In It.

Whoever Can Surprise Well Must Conquer.