I have such hatred of divorce that I prefer bigamy to divorce. Anyway, I think we should see other people.

Christ is the master; the Scriptures are only the servant.

Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable.

If I had power over the Jews, as our princes and cities have, I would deal severely with their lying mouth

You parents can provide no better gift for your children than an education in the liberal arts. House and home burn down, but an education is easy to carry along.

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.

The devil should not be allowed to keep all the best tunes for himself.