Thou saw'st the locked lovers when leaping from their flaming ship; heart to heart they sank beneath the exulting wave; true to each other, when heaven seemed false to them.

The man's (a heathen south sea islander) a human being, just as I am; he has just as much reason to fear me, as I have to be afraid of him. Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.

The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run

Is he mad? Anyway there's something on his mind, as sure as there must be something on a deck when it cracks.

When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.

The eyes are the gateway to the soul.

But Captain Vere was now again motionless, standing absorbed in thought. Again starting, he vehemently exclaimed, "Struck dead by an angel of God! Yet that angel must hang!