The saddest birds a season find to sing,The roughest storm a calm may soon allay;Thus with succeeding turns God tempereth all,That men may hope to ri…

- Robert Southwell

God gave Himself to you: give yourself to God.

- Robert Southwell

Shun delays, they breed remorse;Take thy time while time is lent thee;Creeping snails have weakest force,Fly their fault lest thou repent thee.Good i…

- Robert Southwell

Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live.

- Robert Southwell

I feel no care of coin,Well-doing is my wealth;My mind to me an empire is,While grace affordeth health.

- Robert Southwell

When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown.

- Robert Southwell

What thought can think, another thought can mend.

- Robert Southwell

My conscience is my crown,Contented thoughts my rest;My heart is happy in itself,My bliss is in my breast.Enough I reckon wealth;A mean the surest lo…

- Robert Southwell

Christianity is warfare, and Christians are spiritualsoldiers.

- Robert Southwell