Fools are without number.

Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown, and the monks in their belly.

Ask a wise man to dinner and he'll upset everyone by his gloomy silence or tiresome questions. Invite him to a dance and you'll have a camel prancing about. Haul him off to a public entertainment and his face will be enough to spoil the people's entertainment.

Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.

Invoked or not invoked, the god is present.

It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide.

God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.