Any appellative at all savouring of arbitrary rank is unsuitable to a man of liberal and catholic mind.
Herman MelvilleIt is not the purpose of literature to purvey news. For news consult the Almanac de Gotha.
Herman MelvilleHe, who, in view of its inconsistencies, says of human nature the same that, in view of its contrasts, is said of the divine nature, that it is past finding out, thereby evinces a better appreciation of it than he who, by always representing it in a clear light, leaves it to be inferred that he clearly knows all about it.
Herman Melville