Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
[Lat., Poscunt fidem secunda, at adversa exigunt.]

Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
[Lat., Poscunt fidem secunda, at adversa exigunt.]

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.

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).

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.

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.

Another of our highly prized virtues is fidelity. We are immensely pleased with ourselves when we are faithful.

Another of our highly prized virtues is fidelity. We are immensely pleased with ourselves when we are faithful.

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?

To God, thy countrie, and thy friend be true.

To God, thy countrie, and thy friend be true.

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater read more

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.