Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

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

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.

The sea hath no king but God alone.

The wonderful sea charmed me from the first.

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast, for I intend to go in harm’s way.

The snotgreen sea. The scrotumtightening sea.

Seafarers go to sleep in the evening not knowing whether they will find themselves at the bottom of the sea the next morning.

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea—whether it is to sail or to watch it—we are going back whence we came.

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

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

The bathing was so delightful this morning, and Molly so pressing with me to enjoy myself, that I believe I stayed in rather too long, as since the middle of the day I have felt unreasonably tired. I shall be more careful another time, and shall not bathe tomorrow as I had before intended.