More Quotes by Herman Melville
He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.
If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to plain water.
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
There's magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea.
Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best.
The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future is the Bible of the Free.
