The world says of marriage: A short joy and a long displeasure. But he who understands it finds in it delight, love, and joy without ceasing.

Whoever wants to be a Christian should tear the eyes out of his reason.

It is better to think of church in the ale-house than to think of the ale-house in church.

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.

The highest and most precious treasure we receive of God is, that we can speak, hear, see, etc.; but how few acknowledge these as God's special gifts, much less give God thanks for them.

Whenever I have prayed earnestly, I have always received more than I asked for. God may delay, but He always comes.

Night and day I pondered until I saw the connection between the justice of God and the statement that 'the just shall live by his faith.' Then I grasped that the justice of God is that righteousness by which through grace and sheer mercy God justifies us through faith. Thereupon I felt myself to be reborn and to have gone through open doors into paradise.