Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life.

Quote by St Jerome

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Virginity can be lost by a thought.

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

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.

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!

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

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

Why do you not practice what you preach.

Why do you not practice what you preach.

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 friendship that can cease has never been real.

The 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...

Prayer is a groan.

Prayer is a groan.

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

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

Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

The scars of others should teach us caution.

The scars of others should teach us caution.

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...

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.

There is nothing in this world that never takes a step outside a person's heart.

There is nothing in this world that never takes a step outside a person's heart.

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot...

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot...

The world is a drought when out of love

The world is a drought when out of love