Surely a gentle sister is the second best gift to a man; and it is first in point of occurrence; for the wife comes after.

Let me look into a human eye; it is better than to gaze into sea or sky; better than to gaze upon God.

Better be secure under one king, than exposed to violence from twenty millions of monarchs, though oneself be 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.

Honor lies in the mane of a horse.

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

I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as the lamb.