The sea yields action to the body, meditation to the mind, the world to the world, all parts thereof to each part, by this art of arts—navigation.

The snotgreen sea. The scrotumtightening sea.

Why is a ship under sail more poetical than a hog in a high wind? The hog is all nature, the ship is all art.

He who travels by sea is nothing but a worm on a piece of wood, a trifle in the midst of a powerful creation. The waters play about with him at will, and no one but God can help him.

He who commands the sea has command of everything.

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

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

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

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

The sole business of a seaman onshore who has to go to sea again is to take as much pleasure as he can.

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.

Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so shall you come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.