“It's better to swim in the sea belowThan to swing in the air and feed the crow,Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol.”
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.”
“It's difficult to teach how to write novels, but teaching swimming is just as hard.”
“Better to be happy with the cod fish in your plate now, than to linger for the taste of a tuna that is still swimming in the sea.”
“...Ned always said that the man who passes the sentence should swing the blade, though he never took any joy in the duty. But I would, oh, yes.”
“The anchor heaves, the ship swings freeThe sails swell full. To sea, to sea!”