Jesus, save me from the infatuation of avarice! I too will lay up a treasure, but Thou shalt have the keeping of it. - Christian Scriver

My God, help me always resolutely to strive, and through life and death, to force my way unto Thee.

My God, give me neither poverty nor riches; but whatsoever it may be Thy will to give, give me with it a heart which knows humbly to acquiesce in what is Thy will.

My God! my time is in Thy hands. Should it please Thee to lengthen my life, and complete, as Thou hast begun, the work of blanching my locks, grant me grace to wear them as an unsullied crown of honour.