But I shall follow the endless, winding way, โ the flowing river in the cave of man; careless whither I be led, reckless where I land.
Herman MelvilleIf you begin the day with a laugh, you may, nevertheless, end it with a sob and a sigh.
Herman MelvilleIt is with fiction as with religion: it should present another world, and yet one to which we feel the tie.
Herman MelvilleWoe to him whom this world charms from Gospel duty. Woe to him who seeks to pour oil upon the waters when God has brewed them into a gale. Woe to him who seeks to please rather than to appal. Woe to him whose good name is more to him than goodness. Woe to him who, in this world, courts not dishonor! Woe to him who would not be true, even though to be false were salvation. Yea, woe to him who, as the great Pilot Paul has it, while preaching to others is himself a castaway.
Herman Melville