When my heart is cold and I cannot pray as I should I scourge myself with the thought of the impiety and ingratitude of my enemies, the Pope and his accomplices and vermin, and Zwingli, so that my heart swells with the righteous indignation and hatred and I can say with warmth and vehemence: 'Holy be Thy Name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done!' And the hotter I grow the more ardent do my prayers become.

Women should remain at home, sit still, keep house, and bear and bring up children...If a woman grows weary and, at last, dies from childbearing, it matters not. Let her die from bearing - she is there to do it.

In a mouse we admire God's creation and craft work. The same may be said about flies.

A man who has no part in the grace of God, cannot keep the commandments of God, or prepare himself, either wholly or in part, to receive grace; but he rests of necessity under the power of sin.

Spare the rod and spoil the child - that is true. But, beside the rod, keep an apple to give him when he has done well.

Therefore we Christians, in turn, are obliged not to tolerate their wanton and conscious blasphemy.

Thus every matter, if it is to be done well, calls for the attention of the whole person.