Who said "I try the riches of the whole wide world"?

This quote is attributed to Ishmael.

I try the riches of the whole wide world - Ishmael

"I try the riches of the whole wide world"

Ishmael Adventure

Character in Moby-Dick

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"Call me Ishmael."

"Some certain significance lurks in all things, else all things are little worth."

"It is the whale's intrinsic nature to be wondrous."

"Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian."

"The greatest adventure is life itself."

"The adventure of life begins with a single step."

"Adventure finds you when you stop running."

"Fortune and glory, kid."