There is nothing namable but that some men will, or undertake to, do it for pay. Herman Melville Read Quote
There are some persons in this world, who, unable to give better proof of being wise, take a strange delight in showing what they think they have sagaciously read in mankind by uncharitable suspicions of them. Herman Melville Read Quote
Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death. Herman Melville Read Quote
There is something wrong about the man who wants help. There is somewhere a deep defect, a want, in brief, a need, a crying need, somewhere about that man. Herman Melville Read Quote
Some dying men are the most tyrannical; and certainly, since they will shortly trouble us so little for evermore, the poor fellows ought to be indulged. Herman Melville Read Quote
There is sorrow in the world, but goodness too; and goodness that is not greenness, either, no more than sorrow is. Herman Melville Read Quote
It is impossible to talk or to write without apparently throwing oneself helplessly open. Herman Melville Read Quote
There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future. Herman Melville Read Quote
