- Saint | 347 - 420
I am that prodigal son who wasted all the portion entrusted to me by my father. But I have not yet fallen at my father's knees. I have not yet begun to put away from me the enticements of my former riotous living.
St. Jerome
FatherSonI AmMeLivingWasted
Someone may ask, 'How is justice greater than all the other virtues?' The other virtues gratify the one who possesses them; justice does not give pleasure to the one possessing it, but instead pleases others.
JusticeSomeoneOthersAskPleasure
What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way.
GoodBrainSpeedWayOut
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
MomentImproveCatchFliesHour
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