If a well-constituted individual refrains from blazoning aught amiss or calamitous in his family, a nation in the like circumstance may without reproach be equally discreet.
Herman MelvilleSome years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.
Herman MelvilleAh, happiness courts the light so we deem the world is gay. But misery hides aloof so we deem that misery there is none.
Herman Melville