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

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.

Ocean. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man—who has no gills.

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

I’ve been bathing in the poem

Of star-infused and milky sea

Devouring the azure greens.

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.

All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full.

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

The sea hath no king but God alone.

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

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.

The life of a sailor is very unhealthy.