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

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.

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

The sea hath fish for every man.

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.

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.

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

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.

The bathing was so delightful this morning, and Molly so pressing with me to enjoy myself, that I believe I stayed in rather too long, as since the middle of the day I have felt unreasonably tired. I shall be more careful another time, and shall not bathe tomorrow as I had before intended.

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

Alone, alone, all, all alone, / Alone on a wide, wide sea!

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