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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
I never will desert Mr. Micawber.
I never will desert Mr. Micawber.
It is better to be faithful than famous.
It is better to be faithful than famous.
Fidelity is seven-tenths of business success.
Fidelity is seven-tenths of business success.
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.
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.
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.
They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.
They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.