More From Herman Melville
- "At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect."
- "We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men."
- "Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, – for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it – not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation."
More In Art
- "Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men."― Plato
- "The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully."― Eric Hoffer
- "Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling."― Gilbert K. Chesterton