"The greatest blessing of all is to have a wife who is pious, God-fearing, and domestic."

"All their cash and treasure of silver and gold be taken from them."

"God created the world, and he gave it to man, and he said, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it.'"

"I would rather be ruled by a wise Turk than by a foolish Christian."

"The saints must be good, downright sinners."