Surely a gentle sister is the second best gift to a man; and it is first in point of occurrence; for the wife comes after.


Pierre; Or, The Ambiguities (ed. 1852)

Herman Melville Quotes

Surely a gentle sister is the second best gift to a man; and it is first in point of occurrence; for the wife comes after.

Surely a gentle sister is the second best gift to a man; and it is first in point of occurrence; for the wife comes after.

Surely a gentle sister is the second best gift to a man; and it is first in point of occurrence; for the wife comes after.

Surely a gentle sister is the second best gift to a man; and it is first in point of occurrence; for the wife comes after.