I thank my Maker, that in the midst of judgment he has remembered mercy. I humbly entreat my Redeemer to give me strength to lead henceforth a purer life than I have done hitherto.

Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear.

I liked my name pronounced by your lips in a grateful, happy accent.

There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.

You have rather the look of another world. I marvelled where you had got that sort of face.

Talented people almost always know full well the excellence that is in them.

You are afraid of me, because I talk like a sphinx.