"I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth."

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

"The article of justification must be sounded in our ears incessantly because the frailty of our flesh will not permit us to take hold of it perfectly and to believe it with all our heart."

"Thirdly, their prayer books and Talmudic writings, which are full of idolatry, lies, curses, and blasphemy, should be taken from them."

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