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

Quote by St Jerome

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The scars of others should teach us caution.

The scars of others should teach us caution.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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,...

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

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...

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.

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

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

Haste is of the Devil.

Haste is of the Devil.

Prayer is a groan.

Prayer is a groan.

The friendship that can cease has never been real.

The friendship that can cease has never been real.

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.

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...

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.

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...

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

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.

They talk like angels but they live like men.

They talk like angels but they live like men.