"It is not the being in a place, but the being in a state, that makes us happy."

"I have no doubt that God will be merciful to me, a poor miserable sinner."

"I have not much time to spare for trifles."

"I still find, and find it to my comfort, that I am not in the number of the rich. If I am not, I am not in the number of them that are in danger of falling into temptation and a snare, and into many f…"

"I have often thought, that if I were to choose a place of abode, it should be in a country where there were no rich people."