When asked why he declined the tonsure, or shaved patch on the head identifying one as a member of the clergy, he answered that he was not afraid of the gallows as long as he was in possession of all his thinking faculties.
Kad viņam vaicāts, kāpēc viņš atsakās no tonzūras (noteiktā veidā izskūta matu josla galvvidū, kāda bija katoļu garīdzniekiem), viņš atbildējis, ka nebaidās no karātavām, ja vien viņam paliek veselais saprāts.