The devil is not only a liar, but also a murderer, he constantly seeks our life, and wreaks his anger whenever he can afflict our bodies with misfortune and harm. Hence it comes that he often breaks men's necks or drives them to insanity, drowns some, and incites many to commit suicide, and to many other terrible calamities. Therefore there is nothing for us to do upon earth but to pray against this arch enemy without ceasing. For unless God preserved us, we would not be safe from him even for an hour.

An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body, for the service of Christendom and of the church.

Albert Durer, the famous painter, used to say he had no pleasure in pictures that were painted with many colors, but in those which were painted with a choice simplicity. So it is with me as to sermons.

Christ is the master; the Scriptures are only the servant.

Exhort your household to learn [the Ten Commandments] word for word, that they should obey God…For if you teach and urge your families things will go forward.

Prayer is a very precious medicine, one that certainly helps and never fails, if you will only use it.

Music must be supported by the king and the princes, for the maintenance of the arts is their duty no less than the maintenance of the laws.