"For the ass will have blows, and the populace will be ruled by force. God knew this well, and therefore he put a sword into the hand of the rulers, not a fox's tail."

"I would have been a saint if I had remained in the monastery, but I was forced to become a devil."

"I have to confess that I have no desire to be a martyr."

"The greatest blessing of all is to have a good wife."

"If any man doth ascribe of salvation, even the very least, to the free will of man, he knoweth nothing of grace, and he hath not learnt Jesus Christ aright."