Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

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 sea hath no king but God alone.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

The wonderful sea charmed me from the first.

Of all objects that I have ever seen, there is none which affects my imagination so much as the sea or ocean. A troubled ocean, to a man who sails upon it, is, I think, the biggest object that he can see in motion, and consequently gives his imagination one of the highest kinds of pleasure that can arise from greatness.