Though loyalty, well held, to fools does make
Our faith mere folly; yet he that can endure
To follow with allegiance a fall'n lord,
Does conquer him that did his master conquer.
-- William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act III, Scene XIII
For loyalty is still the same,
Whether it win or lose the game;
True as the dial to the sun,
Although it be not shone upon.
-- Samuel Butler, Hudibras
I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
-- Acts 20:33ff.
