No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.
Robert SoutheyThe 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 SoutheyWithout religion the highest endowments of intellect can only render the possessor more dangerous if he be ill disposed; if well disposed, only more unhappy.
Robert Southey