If Shakespeare has not been equalled, he is sure to be surpassed, and surpassed by an American born now or yet to be born.
Herman MelvilleIt is upon record, that three centuries ago the tongue of the Right Whale was esteemed a great delicacy in France, and commanded large prices there.
Herman Melville...in certain moods, no man can weigh this world without throwing in something, somehow like Original Sin, to strike the uneven balance.
Herman Melville