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.

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.

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

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

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

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

The sea hath fish for every man.

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

The wonderful sea charmed me from the first.

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

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

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

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