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

He who commands the sea has command of everything.

What will not attract a man’s stare at sea?—a gull, a turtle, a flying fish!

Without a decisive naval force, we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious.

We are as near to heaven by sea as by land!

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea—whether it is to sail or to watch it—we are going back whence we came.

Take back your golden fiddles, and we’ll beat to open sea.

Never trust her at any time when the calm sea shows her false alluring smile.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

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.

Tomorrow we take to the mighty sea.

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

The sole business of a seaman onshore who has to go to sea again is to take as much pleasure as he can.