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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
 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. 
It goes far toward making a man faithful to let him understand that you think him so; and he that read more
It goes far toward making a man faithful to let him understand that you think him so; and he that does but suspect I will deceive him gives me a sort of right to do it.
 To be true to each other, let 'appen what maay
 Till the end o' the daay
  An read more 
 To be true to each other, let 'appen what maay
 Till the end o' the daay
  An the last load hoam. 
Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues.
Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues.
FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
To God, thy countrie, and thy friend be true.
To God, thy countrie, and thy friend be true.
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
 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).