Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity. HERMAN MELVILLE BreakForeverHopeLoosePerishSoulStruggle
We are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us than below. HERMAN MELVILLE BelowFurtherFutureHopePastPresentReachScale
Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you. HERMAN MELVILLE BirdBlessingDreamsHomeShelterSickView
Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian. HERMAN MELVILLE BetterChoiceDrinkSleepSober
The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead. HERMAN MELVILLE DeathInfidelityLiveManVote
All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do–remember that–and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade. HERMAN MELVILLE CommandConvinceGodHardPersuadeRemember
There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself. HERMAN MELVILLE ContrastExistenceQualityWorld
