“There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live
“He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a lifetime is unraveled
“We are separated from God on two sides; the fall separates us from Him, the tree of ife separates Him from us.
“I compare human life to a large mansion of many apartments, two of which I can only describe, the doors of the rest being as yet shut upon me
“No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam