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

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

Prayer is a groan.

Prayer is a groan.

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...

Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

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!

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...

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

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.

Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ.

Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ.

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,...

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.

Hypocrite reader - my fellow - my brother!

Hypocrite reader - my fellow - my brother!

Haste is of the Devil.

Haste is of the Devil.

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.

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...

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

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

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...