There is plenty of water in hundreds of rivers, and there is no full wave in the sea. The vessels are of different sizes, and the virtuous and foolish are of different subjects.

——Meng Jiao

The sea greets the sun first, and the Milky Way faces the stars.

——Du Fu

The vastest thing on land is the ocean, the sky is wider than the ocean, and the human mind is wider than the sky.

——Francis Bacon

The ocean of truth lets all things undiscovered lie before my eyes for me to explore.

——Newton (UK)