It is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.
— Robert Southey
Famous Quotes
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
Friendship
If you would be pungent, be brief ; for it is with words as with sunbeams—the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.
Cold is thy heart and as frozen as Charity!
— Robert Southey
Generosity
"You are old, Father William." the young man cried,Now tell me the reason, I pray."
How beautiful is night!How beautiful is night!
What will not woman, gentle woman dare,When strong affection stirs her spirit up?
And last of all an Admiral came,But which no one can speak, and no one can spell.