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.
Virginity can be lost by a thought.
What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way.
It is not enough for us to restrain from doing evil, unless we shall also do good.
Why do you not practice what you preach.
Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a be general natural law.