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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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...

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.

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...

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!

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

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

Why do you not practice what you preach.

Why do you not practice what you preach.

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...

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

Hypocrite reader - my fellow - my brother!

Hypocrite reader - my fellow - my brother!

Haste is of the Devil.

Haste is of the Devil.

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.

The friendship that can cease has never been real.

The friendship that can cease has never been real.

Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

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

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

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...

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.

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...