"I am a very unconventional man, and I despise all conventions."

"I have a great passion for the sea, and I would rather live on a ship than on land."

"We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive."

"I have always been of opinion that the best way to make a man a good soldier is to make him a good citizen."

"I am a very emotional man, and I feel everything deeply."