Quotes from St. Jerome
Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
- St. Jerome
Love knows nothing of order.
- St. Jerome
No created mind, no created heart, no human force is capable of knowing how much love the Heart of Mary had for the Lord.
- St. Jerome
Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.
- St. Jerome
No one loves to tell of scandal except to him who loves to hear it. Learn, then, to rebuke and check the detracting tongue by showing that you do not listen to it with pleasure.
- St. Jerome
The scars of others should teach us caution.
- St. Jerome
My speech is too fast; my oration confused; love knows no order.
- St. Jerome
It is hard for the human soul not to love something, and our mind must of necessity be drawn to some kind of affection.
- St. Jerome
It is easier to mend neglect than to quicken love.
- St. Jerome
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
- St. Jerome
Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.
- St. Jerome
Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
- St. Jerome