The wonderful sea charmed me from the first.

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.

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

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

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

The sea hath no king but God alone.

Being thus arrived in good harbor, and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of heaven who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean and delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof, again to set their feet on the firm and stale earth, their proper element.

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

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

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

The sea receives us in a proper way only when we are without clothes.

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 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.