More Quotes by Herman Melville
He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.
He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to plain water.
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.
The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
I will live and die by this testimony: that I loved a good conscience; that I never invaded another man's liberty; and that I preserved my own.
The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
