Matrimony is always a vice, all that can be done is to excuse it and sanctify it; therefore it was made a religious sacrament.
St. JeromeEither 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. JeromeStrictly speaking, one should not even rightly compare virginity to marriage because you cannot make a comparison between two things if one is good and the other evil.
St. Jerome