I'll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.
Herman MelvilleWe talk of the Turks, and abhor the cannibals; but may not some of them, go to heaven, before some of us?
Herman MelvilleI baptize you not in the name of the father, but in the name of the devil. (Ego baptizo te in nomine patris, sed in nomine diaboli.)
Herman MelvilleThere is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.
Herman Melville