I have undertaken to translate the Bible into German. This was good for me; otherwise I might have died in the mistaken notion that I was a learned fellow.

Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic.

It is impossible to separate works from faith- yea, just as impossible as to separate burning and shining from fire.

This is the most dangerous trial of all, when there is no trial and every thing goes well; for then a man is tempted to forget God, to become too bold and to misuse times of prosperity.

May the Lord fill you with His blessings and with hatred of the Pope.

God is entirely and personally present in the wilderness, in the garden, in the field.

Two devils rose from the water, and flew off through the air, crying, 'Oh, oh, oh!' and turning one over another, in sportive mockery.