As to the sea itself, love it you cannot. Why should you? I will never believe again the sea was ever loved by anyone whose life was married to it. It is the creation of omnipotence, which is not of humankind and understandable, and so the springs of its behavior are hidden.

A fair complexion is unbecoming to a sailor: he ought to be swarthy from the waters of the sea and the rays of the sun.

Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.

He that commands the sea is at great liberty and may take as much and as little of the war as he will.

In all the ancient states and empires, those who had the shipping, had the wealth.

The sea hath fish for every man.

I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.

The wonderful sea charmed me from the first.

I am ill every time it blows hard, and nothing but my enthusiastic love for the profession keeps me one hour at sea.

The power which the sea requires in the sailor makes a man of him very fast, and the change of shores and population clears his head of much nonsense of his wigwam.

The life of a sailor is very unhealthy.

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast, for I intend to go in harm’s way.

Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so shall you come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.