"I have no pleasure in any man who despises music. It is no invention of ours: it is the gift of God."

"The pope, a nemesis, was his 'dearest little ass-pope.'"

"I'd rather be a pig in a sty than a friar in a monastery."

"A Jewish heart is as hard as a stick, a stone, as iron, as a devil."

"The greatest gift of God is a pious, cheerful, God-fearing wife."