I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.

The whole Turkish empire is nothing else but a crust cast by Heaven's great Housekeeper to His dogs.

The article of justification is fragile. Not in itself, of course, but in us. I know how quickly a person can forfeit the joy of the Gospel.

What harm would it do, if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good and for the Christian church ... a lie out of necessity, a useful lie, a helpful lie, such lies would not be against God, he would accept them.

Those who love music are gentle and honest in their tempers. I always loved music, and would not, for a great matter, be without the little skill which I possess in the art.

Whenever the true message of the cross is abolished, the anger of hypocrites and heretics eases and all things seem to be at peace.

A happy fart never comes from a miserable ass.