"You owe nothing to God except faith and confession. In all other things He lets you do whatever you like. You may do as you please, without any danger of conscience whatsoever."

"I have had many struggles with the devil, and I know him well."

"I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth."

"A man remains foolish until his 40th year, when he begins to recognize his foolishness; then life is soon over."

"Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times."