“The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.”

“In presence of Nature's grand convulsions man is powerless.”

“The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the 'Living Infinite'...The globe began with sea, so to speak; and who knows if it will not end with it? In it is supreme tranquility.”

“The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides. The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the Living Infinite. ”

“Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.”

“Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man!”

“We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.”