"I HAVE GREATER CONFIDENCE IN MY WIFE AND MY PUPILS THAN I HAVE IN CHRIST."

"When I am assailed by temptation, I merely eat and drink more, and laugh and joke, and so kill the thoughts."

"If you want to have a good laugh, read the Papal Bulls. They are so full of nonsense that they will make you split your sides."

"You are not yet a master of the Scriptures. You will find that out when you try to preach."

"The greatest blessing of God is a virtuous and pious wife, who fears God and loves her husband."