Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

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.

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...

Haste is of the Devil.

Haste is of the Devil.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

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...

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...

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!

Why do you not practice what you preach.

Why do you not practice what you preach.

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...

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

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.

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.

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.

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,...

Prayer is a groan.

Prayer is a groan.

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

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

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.

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

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

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...