66 Quotes by Horatio Nelson

Thank God I have done my duty.

In Sea affairs, nothing is impossible, and nothing is improbable.

Had we taken ten sails, and let the eleventh to escape, being able to get at her, I could never have called it well done.

Frigates are the eyes of a fleet.

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

I will dine nowhere without your consent although with my present feelings I might be trusted with fifty virgins naked in a dark room.

A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators.

The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more.

I am of the opinion that the boldest measures are the safest.