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- Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity. — Herman Melville
- Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope. — Herman Melville
- Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone? — Herman Melville
- Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth. — Herman Melville
- 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
- 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