It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.

What passes out of one's mouth passes into a hundred ears. It is a great misfortune not to have sense enough to speak well.

[Only by] the good influence of our conduct may we bring salvation in human affairs; or like a fatal comet we may bring destruction in our train.

I put up with this church, in the hope that one day it will become better, just as it is constrained to put up with me in the hope that I will become better.

It seems to me to be the best proof of an evangelical disposition, that persons are not angry when reproached, and have a Christian charity for those that ill deserve it.

It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.

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