“A prince is venison in heaven.”

“Good news from heaven the angels bring,Glad tidings to the earth they sing:To us this day a child is given, To crown us with the joy of heaven.”

“[Rome], who was formerly the gate of heaven, is now a sort of open mouth of hell.”

“Jerome has merited hell rather than heaven for it-so little would I dare to recognize or call him a saint.”

“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!”

“For all works and things, which are either commanded or forbidden by God and thus have been instituted by the supreme Majesty, are 'musts.' Nevertheless, no one should be dragged to them or away from them by the hair, for I can drive no man to heaven or beat him into it with a club.”

“The heavenly blessing is to be delivered from the law, sin and death; to be justified and quickened to life: to have peace with God; to have a faithful heart, a joyful conscience, a spiritual consolation; to have the knowledge of Jesus Christ; to have the gift of prophecy, and the revelation of the Scriptures; to have the gift of the Holy Ghost, and to rejoice in God.”