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

Quote by St Jerome

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Why do you not practice what you preach.

Why do you not practice what you preach.

Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it...

Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it...

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a...

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a...

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

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

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,...

The scars of others should teach us caution.

The scars of others should teach us caution.

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

Love is an electric blanket with somebody else in control of the switch.

Love is an electric blanket with somebody else in control of the switch.

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.

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...

Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ.

Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ.

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.

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

Prayer is a groan.

Prayer is a groan.

They talk like angels but they live like men.

They talk like angels but they live like men.

Hypocrite reader - my fellow - my brother!

Hypocrite reader - my fellow - my brother!

The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets...

The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets...

So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others,...

So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others,...

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy...

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy...

A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.

A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.