Herman Melville
  • Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.

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

  • Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?

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

  • A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.