Seaward ho! Hang the treasure! It’s the glory of the sea that has turned my head.

All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

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.

Why is a ship under sail more poetical than a hog in a high wind? The hog is all nature, the ship is all art.

He who travels by sea is nothing but a worm on a piece of wood, a trifle in the midst of a powerful creation. The waters play about with him at will, and no one but God can help him.

The sea hath no king but God alone.

He who commands the sea has command of everything.

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

The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.

You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens, and crowned with the stars.

The wonderful sea charmed me from the first.

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