I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor. – Horatio Nelson
Duty is the great business of a sea officer all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be. – Horatio Nelson
Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner its off the better. – Horatio Nelson
Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone. – Horatio Nelson