Climate of Egypt in winter is the reign of spring upon earth, & summer in the air, and tranquility in the heat.
Herman MelvilleWere this world an endless pain, and by sailing eastward we could forever reach new distances, and discover sights more sweet and strange than any Cyclades or Islands of King Solomon, then there were promise in the voyage.
Herman MelvilleIf Shakespeare has not been equalled, he is sure to be surpassed, and surpassed by an American born now or yet to be born.
Herman Melville