"Sauerkraut is of such excellent use at sea that it ought never to be omitted."

"From what I have said of the Natives of New-Holland they may appear to some to be the most wretched people upon Earth, but in reality they are far more happier than we Europeans; being wholy unacquain…"

"These savages understand nothing but force, and it is by fear alone that they can be kept in check."

"To check the petulance of the Sailors, and restrain the wanton use of Fire Arms. To have it still in view that sheding the blood of those people is a crime of the highest nature."

"Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge."