Sailors, with their built in sense of order, service and discipline, should really be running the world.

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit.

To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go.

There is nothing that is so aesthetically pleasing and yet so functional and versatile as the sailboat.

The sea finds out everything you did wrong.

I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.

A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.

A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

You can’t control the wind, but you can adjust your sails.