The business of the English commander-in-chief being first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly… — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be. — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
When I came to explain to them the 'Nelson Touch', it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved - 'It was… — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order… — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
Had we taken ten sails, and let the eleventh to escape, being able to get at her, I could never have called it well… — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
Something must be left to chance; nothing is certain in a sea fight — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
The politics of courts are so mean that private people would be ashamed to act in the same way; all is trick and finesse,… — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
I am ill every time it blows hard, and nothing but my enthusiastic love for the profession keeps me one hour at sea. — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion… — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
Laurels grow in the Bay of Biscay, I hope a bed of them may be found in the Mediterranean. — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
When I follow my own head, I am, in general, much more correct in my judgment than following the opinion of others. — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
