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

Quote by St Jerome

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Prayer is a groan.

Prayer is a groan.

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.

Hypocrite reader - my fellow - my brother!

Hypocrite reader - my fellow - my brother!

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

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...

They talk like angels but they live like men.

They talk like angels but they live like men.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

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...

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.

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!

Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

A friendship that can cease has never been real.

A 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.

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...

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.

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...

Why do you not practice what you preach.

Why do you not practice what you preach.

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,...

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...

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

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