A chaplain is the minister of the Prince of Peace serving the host of the God of War--Mars. As such, he is as incongruous as a musket would be on the altar at Christmas. Why, then, is he there? Because he indirectly subserves the purpose attested by the cannon; because too he lends the sanction of the religion of the meek to that which practically is the abrogation of everything but brute Force.

One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.

contempt is as frequently produced at first sight as love.

Not one man in five cycles, who is wise, will expect appreciative recognition from his fellows, or any one of them.

Queequeg was a native of Kokovoko, an island far away to the West and South. It is not down in any map; true places never are.

Doesn't the devil live forever; who ever heard that the devil was dead? Did you ever see any person wearing mourning for the devil?

You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world.... We are not a nation, so much as a world.