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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.
My twin and I
were wombmates
and then roommates.
Some day our bodies
will be tombmates.
(as their souls will read more
My twin and I
were wombmates
and then roommates.
Some day our bodies
will be tombmates.
(as their souls will be together
with those of their husbands in paradise).
Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.
Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.
Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues.
Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues.
They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.
They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.
Pleas'd to the last he crops the flowery food,
And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Pleas'd to the last he crops the flowery food,
And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Those who are faithless know the pleasures of love; it is the faithful who know love's tragedies.
Those who are faithless know the pleasures of love; it is the faithful who know love's tragedies.
It is better to be faithful than famous.
It is better to be faithful than famous.
O, where is loyalty?
If it be banished from the frosty head,
Where shall it find a read more
O, where is loyalty?
If it be banished from the frosty head,
Where shall it find a harbor in the earth?
