On the day of his wife's death he wrote two verses from the Psalms, and the prayer, 'O Lord, God of Mercy, unite me in Heaven with those whom you have permitted me to love on earth.'
在她妻子去世那日，他寫下詩篇的兩節句子，亦是禱文：「主啊，憐憫之上帝，让我與你在地上允許我所愛的人在天堂团聚吧。