"I am rough, boorish, stormy, and altogether warlike. I am born to fight with devils and factions, and to lay waste the kingdom of Satan."

"Even if the Antichrist appears, what greater evil can he do than what you have done and do daily?"

"You are an extraordinary creature, being neither God nor man. Perhaps you are the devil himself."

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

"A man remains foolish until his 40th year, when he begins to recognize his foolishness; then life is soon over."