Haste is of the Devil.

Quote by St Jerome

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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.

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.

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...

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...

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 an electric blanket with somebody else in control of the switch.

Love is an electric blanket with somebody else in control of the switch.

Prayer is a groan.

Prayer is a groan.

A friendship that can cease has never been real.

A friendship that can cease has never been real.

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...

The scars of others should teach us caution.

The scars of others should teach us caution.

Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

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,...

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!

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

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

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.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

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...

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...