For in tremendous extremities human souls are like drowning men; well enough they know they are in peril; well enough they know the causes of that pe…

- Herman Melville

Erie, and Ontario, and Huron, and Superior, and Michigan possess an ocean-like expansiveness, with many of the ocean's noblest traits... they are swe…

- Herman Melville

...The silent reminiscence of hardships departed, is sweeter than the presence of delight.

- Herman Melville

He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.

- Herman Melville

Only the man who says no is free

- Herman Melville

Ignorance is the father of all fear.

- Herman Melville

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

- Herman Melville

To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.

- Herman Melville

The eyes are the gateway to the soul.

- Herman Melville