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No man can mortgage his injustice as a pawn for his fidelity.
No man can mortgage his injustice as a pawn for his fidelity.
You draw me, you hard-hearted adamant!
But yet you draw not iron, for my heart
Is true read more
You draw me, you hard-hearted adamant!
But yet you draw not iron, for my heart
Is true as steel.
Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.
Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.
They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.
They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.
People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their read more
People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom or their lack of imagination.
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.
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.
Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues.
Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues.
An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she read more
An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't.