I would not give one moment of heaven for all the joy and riches of the world, even if it lasted for thousands and thousands of years.

The authority of Scripture is greater than the comprehension of the whole of man's reason.

If I had power over the Jews, as our princes and cities have, I would deal severely with their lying mouth

But the Jews are so hardened that they listen to nothing; though overcome by testimonies they yield not an inch. It is a pernicious race, oppressing all men by their usury and rapine. If they give a prince or magistrate a thousand florins, they extort twenty thousand from the subjects in payment. We must ever keep on guard against them.

Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable.

People gave ear to an upstart astrologer who strove to show that the earth revolves, not the heavens or the firmament, the sun and the moon....This fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy; but sacred scripture tells us [Joshua 10:13]that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, and not the earth.

At Sussen, the Devil carried off, last Good Friday, three grooms who had devoted themselves to him.