"Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God."

"We should not break our heads at work and injure our bodies … I myself used to do such things, and I have racked my brains because I still have not overcome the bad habit of overworking. Nor shall I o…"

"Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world."

"For the ass will have blows, and the populace will be ruled by force. God knew this well, and therefore he put a sword into the hand of the rulers, not a fox's tail."

"The article of justification must be sounded in our ears incessantly because the frailty of our flesh will not permit us to take hold of it perfectly and to believe it with all our heart."