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Constancy: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Through perils both of wind and limb, Through thick and thin she follow'd him.— BUTLER — Hudibras. Pt. I. Canto II. L. 369.

True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shined upon.— BUTLER — Hudibras. Pt. III. Canto II. L. 175.

Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like seasoned timber, never gives.— HERBERT — Virtue.

'Tis often constancy to change the mind.— HOOLE — Metastasio. Sieves.

Changeless march the stars above, Changeless morn succeeds to even; And the everlasting hills, Changeless watch the changeless heaven.— CHARLES KINGSLEY — Saint's Tragedy. Act II. Sc. 2.

Be true to your word and your work and your friend.— JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY — Rules of the

Road. Abra was ready ere I call'd her name; And, though I call'd another, Abra came.— PRIOR — Solomon on the Vanity of the World. Bk. II. L. 364.

He that parts us shall bring a brand from heaven, And fire us hence like foxes.— Shakespeare — King Lear. Act V. Sc. 3. L. 22.