“DON’T be ashamed, my boy, if you have a patch on your elbow. It is no mark of disgrace. It speaks well for your industrious mother. Better have a dozen patches on your clothes, than let one profane or vulgar word escape from your lips. Only believe in Jesus, and follow him. He will never be ashamed of you because you are poor. You know who it was that said, ‘The foxes have holes, the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.’”