Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.

It seems to me that the most delightful walk of life is to be found in a household of moderate means, to live there with an obliging spouse and to be satisfied with little.

One is not righteous who does much, but the one who, without work, believes much in Christ. The law says, 'Do this,' and it is never done. Grace says, 'Believe in this,' and everything is already done.

The winds are nothing else but good or bad spirits. Hark! how the Devil is puffing and blowing.

How can a reason which hates God be called sound?

We are but the instruments or assistants, by whom God works.

Every country must have its own devil. Welshland its own, and France its own. Our German devil will be a good wind-pipe, and must be called drinking, being so thirsty and hell-like that no guzzling of wine and beer, however large, will cool it off, and I fear that such will ever remain Germany's plague, until the day of judgment.