No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
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Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.
It's difficult on a ship to get away from your job because that accommodation house, which is where seafarers live, is their workplace, it's where they live, it's where they relax, it's everything, and it's just hard to get away. And seafarers often refer to their job as being in prison with a salary.
I'm not an experienced sailor.
Every seaman is not only a navigator, but a merchant and also a soldier.
What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics.
I've always been a very careful sailor. I know, me and being careful - doesn't really sound right, does it? But when I sail, I take it seriously and take along spares for everything. You have to be careful when you're 1,500 miles from land. There's no one you can call. You're on your own.
Wind to a sailor is what money is to life on shore.
Anybody can pilot a ship when the sea is calm.
I swear like a sailor.
We are imprisoned in the realm of life, like a sailor on his tiny boat, on an infinite ocean.