Obstinacy is ever most positive when it is most in the wrong.

The quarrels of lovers are like summer showers that leave the country more verdant and beautiful

Fortune does not change men, it unmasks them.

'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause -- and of obstinacy in a bad one.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good