Peace if possible, truth at all costs.

Faith does not inquire whether there are good works to be done, but even before asking questions, faith has done the works already.

The prosperity of a country depends, not on the abundance of its revenues, nor on the strength of its fortifications, nor on the beauty of its public buildings; but it consists in the number of its cultivated citizens, in its men of education, enlightenment and character.

You see then, that Diatribe truly possesses a free choice in her handling of Scriptures, so that words of one and the same type are for her obliged to prove endeavor in one place and freedom in another, exactly as she pleases.

Adam was created, as it were, intoxicated with rejoicing toward God and was delighted also with all the other creatures.

The Bible is the book that makes fools of the wise of this world; it is only understood by the plain and simple hearted.

A lie is like a snowball: the further you roll it the bigger it becomes.