It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions; they have their place in heaven also. – Robert Southey
All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things. – 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
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
They sin who tell us Love can die: with Life all other passions fly, all others are but vanity. – Robert Southey
How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems. – Robert Southey
Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain. – Robert Southey
If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams – the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. – Robert Southey
Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, who chastens whom he loves. – 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
To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to do a thing it becomes impossible. – Robert Southey
It is with words as with sunbeams – the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. – Robert Southey
Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where I love, but where I am, I die. – Robert Southey
