“He who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.”

A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.

No man understands the Scriptures, unless he be acquainted with the Cross.

Remove Christ from the Scriptures and there is nothing left.

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.

Always preach in such a way that if the people listening do not come to hate their sin, they will instead hate you.

Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!

Now the Church is not wood and stone, but the company of believing people; one must hold to them, and see how they believe, live and teach.

Unthankfulness is theft.

God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.

A simple layman armed with Scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it.

This is the most dangerous trial of all, when there is no trial and every thing goes well; for then a man is tempted to forget God, to become too bold and to misuse times of prosperity.

Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.

Christians fight best on their knees. Whatever good may be done is done and brought about by prayer.

They gave our Master a crown of thorns, why do we hope for a crown of roses?

Temptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we should let them nest in our hair.

The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.

There’s one fool at least in every married couple.

It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.

There are two indiscretions that generally distinguish fools: a readiness to report whatever they hear, and a practice of communicating with secrecy what is commonly understood.

My Son, these maxims make a rule An lump them ay thegither: The Rigid Righteous is a fool, The Rigid Wise anither.

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may going to prove one’s self a fool.

Any fool can fight a winning battle, but it needs character to fight a losing one, and that should inspire us; which reminds me that I dreamed the other night that I was being hanged, but was the life and soul of the party.

A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.

Love makes fools of us all, big and little.