"The permanent constitutional condition of the manufactured man, thought Ahab, is sordidness."

"To accomplish his object Ahab must use tools; and of all tools used in the shadow of the moon, men are most apt to get out of order."

"I tell you, the sperm whale will stand no nonsense."

"The Sperm Whale is in some cases sufficiently powerful, knowing, and judiciously malicious, as with direct aforethought to stave in,...

"So ignorant are most landsmen of some of the plainest and most palpable wonders of the world, that without some hints touching the plain...

"But not only did each of these famous whales enjoy great individual celebrity [. . .] but he [Moby Dick] was admitted into all the...

"God help thee, old man, thy thoughts have created a creature in thee; [. . .] a vulture feeds upon that heart for ever; that vulture the...

"The mind does not exist unless leagued with the soul."

"Ah God! what trances of torments does that man endure who is consumed with one unachieved revengeful desire? He sleeps with clenched...

"Seems it not a mad idea, this; that in the broad boundless ocean, one solitary whale, even if encountered, should be thought capable of...