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.

Never trust her at any time when the calm sea shows her false alluring smile.

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

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

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

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.

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

He who commands the sea has command of everything.

What will not attract a man’s stare at sea?—a gull, a turtle, a flying fish!

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

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

In all the ancient states and empires, those who had the shipping, had the wealth.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.