Robert Louis Stevenson Novelist

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life. good

You cannot run away from weakness you must some time fight it out or perish and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand? time

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life. life & thankful

If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him. success

The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us. love

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. life

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. great & travel

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things. business

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. courage

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses. marriage

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life. motivational

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty. money

The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy. truth

In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being. marriage

Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and that glaringly. good

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive. travel

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate. good & love

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil. good

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves. gardening

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last. good & life

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. good

Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits. business, good & life

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes. marriage

The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect. good

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. great & travel

Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police. friendship & marriage

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect. good

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind. inspirational

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer. best & legal

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend. best

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. inspirational

When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys. great

I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered. nature

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords. alone

Wine is bottled poetry. poetry

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. politics

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser. health

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. love

That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much. success