It is a miracle how God has so long preserved His Book! How great and glorious it is to have the Word of God!
The Holy Spirit has a way of His own to say much in few words.
Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.
from you, my dear Erasmus, let me obtain this request, that just as I bear with your ignorance in these matters, so you in turn will bear with my lack of eloquence.
If I could today become king or emperor, I would not give up my office as preacher.
In Switzerland, on a high mountain, not far from Lucerne, there is a lake they call Pilate's Pond, which the Devil has fixed upon as one of the chief residences of his evil spirits.