The sea hath no king but God alone.

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.

Ashore it’s wine, women, and song; aboard it’s rum, bum, and concertina.

The wonderful sea charmed me from the first.

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

The Mediterranean has the colors of a mackerel, changeable I mean. You don’t always know if it is green or violet—you can’t even say it’s blue, because the next moment the changing light has taken on a tinge of pink or gray.

Tomorrow we take to the mighty sea.

The legislator is like the navigator of a ship on the high seas. He can steer the vessel on which he sails, but he cannot alter its construction, raise the wind, or stop the waves from swelling beneath his feet.

I’ve been bathing in the poem / Of star-infused and milky sea / Devouring the azure greens.

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

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

The life of a sailor is very unhealthy.

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