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.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Take back your golden fiddles, and we’ll beat to open sea.