“Two there on the beach / as close together as nostrils. / Calm sea day.”

“A fragrant breeze wandered up from the quiet sea, trailed along the beach, and drifted back to the sea again, wondering where to go next. On a mad impulse it went up to the beach again. It drifted back to sea.”

“In a calm sea every man is a pilot.”

“Two or three days at sea are equivalent to at least as many weeks on shore.”

“When seagull droppings landed on my head at a campaign event at Bowers Beach two days before Election Day, I chose to read it as a sign of a coming success.”

“Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.”
In tranquillo esse quisque gubernator potest.

“One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach — waiting for a gift from the sea.”

“The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible.”

“Finally, by the sea, where God is everywhere, I gradually calmed.”

“Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.”