"At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect." ― Herman Melville Topic(s): Respect More From Herman Melville "Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?" "Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death." "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 Respect "Poetry asks people to have values, form opinions, care about some other part of experience besides making money and being successful on the job."― Toi Derricotte "A fool and his money are soon elected."― Will Rogers "My object will be, first, to show by what connections the history of the fossil bones of land animals is linked to the theory of the earth and why they have a particular importance in this respect."― Georges Cuvier