Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.

Quote by St Jerome

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A friendship that can cease has never been real.

A friendship that can cease has never been real.

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.

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...

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

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

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,...

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

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

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!

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.

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.

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

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...

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...

They talk like angels but they live like men.

They talk like angels but they live like men.

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.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The...

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The...

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship...

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship...