“O quam pulchra est casta generatio, cum claritate ! immortalis est enim memoria illius, quoniam et apud Deum nota est, et apud homines.”
“Better it is to have no children, and to have virtue: for the memorial thereof is immortal: because it is known with God, and with men.”
“Better than this is childishness with virtue; For in the memory of virtue is immortality: Because it is recognized both before God and before men.”
Glory. The offspring of the chaste is happy, (Calmet) and honourable: (Haydock) very different from that of adulterers. (Calmet) — Bodily chastity is a great virtue; but purity of faith is more requisite to please God, being the foundation of all virtues. (Worthington)