To be hated cordially, is only a left-handed compliment.
Herman Melville

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

To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be that have tried it.
Herman Melville

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.
Herman Melville

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.
Herman Melville

Truth is in things, and not in words.
Herman Melville

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 uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
Herman Melville

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
Herman Melville

Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.
Herman Melville

Where do murderers go, man! Who's to doom, when the judge himself is dragged to the bar?
Herman Melville

Yet habit - strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?
Herman Melville