Teaching is of more importance than urging.

If a man serves not God only, then surely he serves the devil.

[The Psalms are] a Little Bible, wherein everything contained in the entire Bible is beautifully and briefly comprehended.

There never yet have been, nor are there now, too many good books.

War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.

I put the Scriptures above all the sayings of the fathers, angels, men and devils. Here I take my stand.

Without armaments peace cannot be kept; wars are waged not only to repel injustice but also to establish a firm peace.