Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women?

Nothing is easier than sinning.

He that has but one word of God before him, and out of that word cannot make a sermon, can never be a preacher.

Married love burns as fire, and seeks nothing more than the mate. It says, "I want only you"

Thus, dear friends, I have said it clearly enough, and I believe you ought to understand it and not make liberty a law.

The fewer the words, the better the prayer.

A person whodoes not regard music as a marvelous creation of God, must be a clodhopper indeed and does not deserve to be called a human being; he should be permitted to hear nothing but the braying of asses and the grunting of hogs.