"I deny that I am an enthusiast in the common sense of the word. I am no visionary. I do not pretend to any new revelations, to any extraordinary gifts of the Holy Ghost, to any particular inspiration,…"

"It is a melancholy proof of the blindness and ignorance of mankind, that they are not aware of the evil of sin."

"We have nothing to do but to save souls."

"I have often wondered that any man, who has tasted of the pleasures of retirement, can ever be prevailed upon to quit them."

"I have not time to be busy."