“There is all the difference in the world between paying and being paid. The act of paying is perhaps the most uncomfortable… — Hermann Melville Copy Share Image
“The urbane activity with which a man receives money is really marvelous, considering that we so earnestly believe money to the root… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“The act of paying is perhaps the most uncomfortable infliction that the two orchard thieves entailed upon us. But being paid,—what will… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
