"Be a sinner and SIN BOLDLY, but believe more boldly still."

"What does not kill me makes me stronger."

"If I am to be executed, I would rather be executed by the Pope than by my own people."

"Whenever the devil harasses you, seek the company of men or drink more, or joke and talk nonsense, or do some other merry thing. Sometimes we must drink more, sport, recreate ourselves, and even sin a…"

"I never learned to pray as I ought until I had been scourged by the devil."