"To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer."

"The greatest gift of God is a pious, cheerful, God-fearing, home-loving wife, to whom you can entrust your property, and your children, and your all."

"remember that there is nothing more poisonous, pernicious, and devilish than a rebellious man. Just as one must slay a mad dog, so, if you do not fight the rebels, they will fight you, and the whole c…"

"Tomorrow I have to lecture on the drunkenness of Noah [Gen. 9:20-27], so I should drink enough this evening to be able to talk about that wickedness as one who knows by experience."

"Medicine causes illness, Mathematics melancholy, and Theology sinful people."