Accordingly if the devil should say, 'Do not drink,' you should reply to him, 'On this very account, because you forbid it, I shall drink, and what is more, I shall drink a generous amount. Thus one must always do the opposite of that which Satan prohibits. What do you think is my reason for drinking wine undiluted, talking freely, and eating more often, if it is not to torment and vex the devil who made up his mind to torment and vex me.

That little bird has chosen his shelter. Above it are the stars and the deep heaven of worlds. Yet he is rocking himself to sleep without caring for tomorrow's lodging, calmly clinging to his little twig, and leaving God to think for him.

False preachers are worse than deflowerers of virgins.

As for the demented, I hold it certain that all beings deprived of reason are thus afflicted only by the Devil.

It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor.

No gown worse becomes a woman than the desire to be wise.

The irony is I stopped going to church a few weeks later.