To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. -Herman Melville Wisdom
To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. -Herman Melville Great
Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity. -Herman Melville Hope
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men. -Herman Melville Men
To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. -Herman Melville Work
Truth is the silliest thing under the sun. Try to get a living by the Truth and go to the Soup Societies. Heavens! Let any clergyman try to preach the Truth from its very stronghold, the pulpit, and they would ride him out of his church on his own pulpit bannister. -Herman Melville Truth
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 Future
Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone? -Herman Melville Nature
In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers. -Herman Melville Travel
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 Age
Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth. -Herman Melville Friendship
Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth. -Herman Melville Truth
To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. -Herman Melville Art
Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land. -Herman Melville Best
