Man is to man either a god or a wolf.

Modern church music is so constructed that the congregation cannot hear one distinct word.

The opinion formulated by the Church has more value in my eyes than human reasons, whatever they may be.

Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed.

Christians would show sense if they dispatched these argumentative Scotists and pigheaded Ockhamists and undefeated Albertists along with the whole regiment of Sophists to fight the Turks and Saracens instead of sending those armies of dull-witted soldiers with whom they've long been carrying on war with no result.

You must acquire the best knowledge first, and without delay; it is the height of madness to learn what you will later have to unlearn.

Out of all those centuries the Greeks can count seven sages at the most, and if anyone looks at them more closely I swear he'll not find so much as a half-wise man or even a third of a wise man among them.