Herman Melville

Truth is the silliest thing under the sun. Try to get a living by the…

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only…

Truth is in things, and not in words…

Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges…

Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting…

Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, – for it is a…

At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect…

Old age is always wakeful as if, the longer linked with life, the less man…

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men…

To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of…

Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of…

In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without passport…

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities…

Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she…

There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order…