All which happens through the whole world happens through hope. No husbandman would sow a grain of corn if he did not hope it would spring up and bring forth the ear; how much more we are helped on by hope in the eternal life.

Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.

Two devils rose from the water, and flew off through the air, crying, 'Oh, oh, oh!' and turning one over another, in sportive mockery.

The inner man cannot be forced to do out of his own free will, what he should do, except the grace of God change the heart and make it willing.

It is a good thing to let prayer be the first business of the morning and the last of the evening.

Accordingly if the devil should say, 'Do not drink,' you should reply to him, 'On this very account, because you forbid it, I shall drink, and what is more, I shall drink a generous amount. Thus one must always do the opposite of that which Satan prohibits. What do you think is my reason for drinking wine undiluted, talking freely, and eating more often, if it is not to torment and vex the devil who made up his mind to torment and vex me.

It is not I that smite, stab, and slay, but God and my prince, for my hand and my body are now their servants.