Martin Luther 1

"Katherina and Martin's courtship was brief, the engagement briefer still. He did not believe in long engagements: 'By delay Hannibal lost Rome, by delay Esau forfeited his birthright. Christ said, "You shall seek me, and ye shall not find." Scripture, experience and all creation testify that the gifts of God must be taken on the wing.'"

P. 50 "Martin Luther" by Stephen J. Nichols

Martin Luther is funny.