“What I know of the divinescience and holy scripture,I learnt in the woods and fields.”

“What I know of the divine sciences and the Holy Scriptures, I have learned in woods and fields. I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.”

“So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!”

“What we love we shall grow to resemble.”

“Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.”

“The road to hell is paved with good intentions.”

“To shame our sins He blushed in blood;He closed His eyes to show us God;Let all the world fall down and knowThat none but God such love can show”