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.

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute which goes directly to the heart of him read more

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere man

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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