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

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

Tomorrow we take to the mighty sea.

The life of a sailor is very unhealthy.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

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

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.

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

The sea receives us in a proper way only when we are without clothes.

The wonderful sea charmed me from the first.

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.

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