"Dost thou think in a moment of anger, 'tis well with thy seniors to fight? They prosper who burn in the morning the letters they wrote overnight. For some

"Dost thou think in a moment of anger, 'tis well with thy seniors to fight? They prosper who burn in the morning the letters they wrote overnight. For some there be, shelved and forgotten, With nothing to thank for their fate, Save that (on a half-sheet of foolscap,) Which a fool 'Had the Honour to state.'" - Capt. R. A. Hopwood, Royal Navy (Retired), "The Laws of the Navy," 1898