Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a be general natural law.

Quote by St Jerome

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Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ.

Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ.

Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.

Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.

Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace...

Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace...

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way.

What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way.

They talk like angels but they live like men.

They talk like angels but they live like men.

A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.

A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.

Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.

Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.

Prayer is a groan.

Prayer is a groan.

Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.

Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.

Why do you not practice what you preach.

Why do you not practice what you preach.

Haste is of the Devil.

Haste is of the Devil.

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going...

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going...

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better...

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better...

Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.

Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.

Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.

Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.

Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart,...

Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart,...

Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!

Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!