A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

Quote by St Jerome

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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.

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.

Why do you not practice what you preach.

Why do you not practice what you preach.

Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ.

Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ.

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,...

Hypocrite reader - my fellow - my brother!

Hypocrite reader - my fellow - my brother!

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

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...

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.

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...

Prayer is a groan.

Prayer is a groan.

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!

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

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

A friendship that can cease has never been real.

A friendship that can cease has never been real.

Haste is of the Devil.

Haste is of the Devil.

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...

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...

The scars of others should teach us caution.

The scars of others should teach us caution.

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...