"I am not afraid of dying. I have no more fear of death than I have of lying down to sleep."

"I have often thought, that the best way to do good, is to do it as if you were doing it for yourself."

"Diseases are the instruments of God to punish men for their sins."

"I have been as much as possible upon the stretch for 70 years, and I bless God, I am not tired yet."

"What is the secret of your strength? I answer, the power of prayer."