We old folks have to find our cushions and pillows in our tankards. Strong beer is the milk of the old.

In Switzerland, on a high mountain, not far from Lucerne, there is a lake they call Pilate's Pond, which the Devil has fixed upon as one of the chief residences of his evil spirits.

Let him who wants a true church cling to the Word by which everything is upheld.

Great people and champions are special gifts of God, whom He gives and preserves; they do their work, and achieve great actions, not with vain imaginations, or cold and sleepy cogitations, but by motion of God.

The bible is a remarkable fountain: the more one draws and drinks of it, the more it stimulates thirst.

When asked what he would do if he knew the world would end tomorrow, Martin Luther said, "I would plant a tree."

Heaven and earth, all the emperors, kings, and princes of the world, could not raise a fit dwelling-place for God; yet, in a weak human soul, that keeps His Word, He willingly resides.