You parents can provide no better gift for your children than an education in the liberal arts. House and home burn down, but an education is easy to carry along.

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

[It is] essentially wholesome and necessary, for a Christian to know, whether or not the will does any thing in those things which pertain unto Salvation. Nay, let me tell you, this is the very hinge upon which our discussion turns. It is the very heart of the subject

The truth of the matter is rather as Christ says, "He who is not with me is against me." ... He does not say "He who is not with me is not against me either, but merely neutral.

The fewer the words, the better the prayer.

Accordingly if the devil should say, 'Do not drink,' you should reply to him, 'On this very account, because you forbid it, I shall drink, and what is more, I shall drink a generous amount. Thus one must always do the opposite of that which Satan prohibits. What do you think is my reason for drinking wine undiluted, talking freely, and eating more often, if it is not to torment and vex the devil who made up his mind to torment and vex me.

There are three conversions necessary (for the Christian life): the conversion of the heart, the mind, and the purse.