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

And to our age’s drowsy blood / Still shouts the inspiring sea.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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 breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.

The sea hath no king but God alone.