We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another in an endless series.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONWe live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another in an endless series.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONIf a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONThe obscurest epoch is today.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONI regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONLife is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONMarriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONTo be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONIt is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so a man would rather leave behind him the portrait of his spirit than a portrait of his face.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONSo long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONPolitics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONOld and young, we are all on our last cruise.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONAn aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONTalk is by far the most accessible of pleasures.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONNothing made by brute force lasts.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONTo know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONEven if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON