"The world is my parish."

"I have been writing a sermon on the use of money. Oh, what a flat, unprofitable subject it is!"

"I found myself much out of order, and apprehended that my end was near. I had no fear of death, but I was concerned for the cause of God, which I apprehended would suffer by my removal."

"I have often thought, that if I were to choose a companion to travel with, it should be one that would talk little."

"Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge."