162 Quotes by St. Jerome

Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

Everything must have in it a sharp seasoning of truth.

What Saint has ever won his crown without first contending for it?

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

For it is good to cleave to God, and to put our hopes in the Lord, so that, when we have exchanged this poor life for the kingdom of heaven, we may cry aloud: 'Whom have I in heaven but thee? There is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.' Assuredly, when we have found such wealth in heaven, we may well grieve to have sought after poor passing pleasures here on earth.

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

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

Woman is the root of all evil.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.