Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!

Quote by St Jerome

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The scars of others should teach us caution.

The scars of others should teach us caution.

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,...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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.

Hypocrite reader - my fellow - my brother!

Hypocrite reader - my fellow - my brother!

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...

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...

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.

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

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...

Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ.

Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ.

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

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

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.