St. Jerome

“A fat paunch never breeds fine thoughts.”

“Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.”

“The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.”

“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.”

“The friendship that can cease has never been real.”

“Begin now to be what you will be hereafter.”

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

“Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, 'Why do you not practice what you preach?'”

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

“For the preservation of chastity, an empty stomach is of great help.”

“The Scriptures are shallow enough for a babe to come and drink without fear of drowning and deep enough for a theologian to swim in without ever touching the bottom.”

“When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.”

“True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.”

“The tired ox treads with a firmer step.”

“It is our part to seek, His to grant what we ask; ours to make a beginning, His to bring it to completion.”