Navigation - Maxioms.comQuotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxiomshttp://maxioms.comen-usCopyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.<![CDATA[Well, then--our course is chosen--spread the sail-- Heave oft the lead, and mark the soundings well-- Look to the ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44010<![CDATA[Yet the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44001<![CDATA[--They write here one Cornelius--Son Hath made the Hollanders an invisible eel To swim the haven at Dunkirk, and ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44002<![CDATA[Some love to roam o'er the dark sea's foam, Where the shrill winds whistle free. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44003<![CDATA[Thus far we run before the wind. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44004<![CDATA[We have ploughed the vast ocean in a fragile bark. [Lat., Nos fragili vastum ligno sulcavimus aequor.] ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44005<![CDATA[Ye gentlemen of England That live at home at ease, Ah! little do you think upon The ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44006<![CDATA[A strong nor'wester's blowing, Bill! Hark! don't ye hear it roar now? Lord help 'em, how I pities them ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44007<![CDATA[And that all seas are made calme and still with oile; and therefore the Divers under the water doe spirt ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44008<![CDATA[Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it that the winds, slipping the smooth ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44009<![CDATA[A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast And fills the white and rustling sails, ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43991<![CDATA[Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car; Or on wide ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43992<![CDATA[For they say there's a Providence sits up aloft To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43993<![CDATA[There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43994<![CDATA[Skill'd in the globe and sphere, he gravely stands, And, with his compass, measures seas and lands. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43995<![CDATA[The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43996<![CDATA[Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold And the mate of the Nancy brig, And a bo'sun ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43997<![CDATA[Thus, I steer my bark, and sail On even keel, with gentle gale. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43998<![CDATA[Though pleas'd to see the dolphins play, I mind my compass and my way. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43999<![CDATA[What though the sea be calm? trust to the shore, Ships have been drown'd, where late they danc'd before. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44000<![CDATA[O pilot! 'tis a fearful night, There's danger on the deep. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43987<![CDATA[How Bishop Aiden foretold to certain seamen a storm that would happen, and gave them some holy oil to lay ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43988<![CDATA[O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43989<![CDATA[And as great seamen, using all their wealth And skills in Neptune's deep invisible paths, In tall ships richly ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43990<![CDATA[Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28000