"I would rather be ruled by a wise Turk than by a foolish Christian."

"I have often tried to be angry with the devil, but I cannot; he is such a merry knave."

"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!"

"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."

"The world is like a drunken peasant. If you lift him into the saddle on one side, he will fall off on the other."