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.

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.

Sometimes party loyalty asks too much

Sometimes party loyalty asks too much

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.

Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues.

Constancy is the complement of all other human virtues.

I never will desert Mr. Micawber.

I never will desert Mr. Micawber.

Fidelity is seven-tenths of business success

Fidelity is seven-tenths of business success

Fidelity bought with money is overcome by money.
[Lat., Pretio parata vincitur pretio fides.]

Fidelity bought with money is overcome by money.
[Lat., Pretio parata vincitur pretio fides.]

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

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