“In a calm sea every man is a pilot.”

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

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

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

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

“Religion is, as it were, the calm bottom of the sea at its deepest point, which remains calm however high the waves on the surface may be.”

“When times are stable, and the sea is calm and secure, no one is really tested.”

“Saw the English [pilots] coming from the sea in huge bands like the bristling hair of Zeus Jupiter. Heard all destroyed in Frankfurt. Sad…”

“At night I sit in my chamber and read the Bible. Far in the distance roars the sea. Then I lie down and think for a long time about the calm and pale man from Nazareth.”

“Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.”