What is bond?

Famous quotes containing the word bond:

    They lived under a just and moderate government, and they admitted that one bond of their fidelity was that their rulers were the better men.
    Titus Livius (Livy)

    The principle of subordination is the great bond of union and harmony through the universe.
    Catherine E. Beecher (1800–1878)

    Wedding is great Juno’s crown,
    O blessed bond of board and bed!
    ‘Tis Hymen peoples every town,
    High wedlock then be honorèd.
    Honor, high honor, and renown
    To Hymen, god of every town!
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)