The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

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 breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.

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

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.

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.

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

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

The most advanced nations are always those who navigate the most.

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

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

The life of a sailor is very unhealthy.

The snotgreen sea. The scrotumtightening sea.