“ Thou hast been called O sleep! the friend of woe But 'tis the happy who have called thee so. Robert Southey
“ No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth. Robert Southey
“ The loss of a friend is like that of a limb time may heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss cannot be repaired. Robert Southey
“ It is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed the deeper they burn. Robert Southey
“ Literature cannot be the business of a woman's life, and it ought not to be.(Southey's reply to Charlotte Bronte) Robert Southey
“ It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions. They have their place in heaven also. Robert Southey
“ Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of the city, the security of the state. Like beams in a house or bones to a body, so is order to all things. Robert Southey
