“ Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him. ”

“ The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course. ”

“ Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven. ”

“ If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master. ”

“ Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle. ”

“ I live and love in God's peculiar light. ”

“ I live in sin, to kill myself I live no longer my life my own, but sin's my good is given to me by heaven, my evil by myself, by my free will, of which I am deprived. ”

“ I am still learning. ”

“ Genius is eternal patience. ”

“ The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark. ”