Mosses from an Old Manse quotes

My Faith is gone! There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil; for to thee is this world given.

Evil is the nature of mankind. Evil must be your only happiness. Welcome again, my children, to the communion of your race.

they carved no hopeful verse upon his tombstone, for his dying hour was gloom.

Oh, was there not, from the first, more poison in thy nature than in mine?

nor am I, nor have I ever been, one of those supremely hospitable people who serve up their own hearts, delicately fried, with brain sauce, as a tidbit for their beloved public.