Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

Sometimes party loyalty asks too much

Sometimes party loyalty asks too much

It is better to be faithful than famous.

It is better to be faithful than famous.

Fidelity is seven-tenths of business success.

Fidelity is seven-tenths of business success.

They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.

They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.

I never will desert Mr. Micawber.

I never will desert Mr. Micawber.

A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, read more

A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, a knowledge of the means by which that object can be best attained

I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to read more

I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to prevailing fads.