St. Jerome

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

— St. Jerome

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

— St. Jerome

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

— St. Jerome

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

— St. Jerome

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

— St. Jerome

The friendship that can cease has never been real.

— St. Jerome

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

— St. Jerome

Prayer is a groan.

— St. Jerome

Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.

— St. Jerome