Many, many steeples would have to be stacked one on top of another to reach from the bottom to the surface of the sea. It is down there that the sea folk live.

The snotgreen sea. The scrotumtightening sea.

Tomorrow we take to the mighty sea.

It is He who has subdued the ocean so that you may eat of its fresh fish and bring up from its depth ornaments to wear. Behold the ships plowing their course through it. All this, that you may seek His bounty and render thanks.

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

I never even saw the use of the sea. Many a sad heart has it caused, and many a sick stomach has it occasioned! The boldest sailor climbs on board with a heavy soul and leaps on land with a light spirit.

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

Alone, alone, all, all alone, / Alone on a wide, wide 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.

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

Seafarers go to sleep in the evening not knowing whether they will find themselves at the bottom of the sea the next morning.

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

Seamen are the nearest to death and the furthest from God.