Little do ye know your own blessedness; for to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour. Robert Louis Stevenson More Quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson More Quotes From Robert Louis Stevenson Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords. Robert Louis Stevenson vocabularybreadmen Even 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 philosophicaldoctorsyears The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your friend says nothing, and avoids your eye. Robert Louis Stevenson silenceeyequiet It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser. Robert Louis Stevenson spendthriftwastehealth All human beings are commingled out of good and evil. Robert Louis Stevenson jekyllhumansevil You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a joke with someone else. Robert Louis Stevenson jokessharewanted Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal. Robert Louis Stevenson ancestrytreememories Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends? Robert Louis Stevenson be-proudproudmen The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings. Robert Louis Stevenson famous-inspirationalkingshappiness The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing. Robert Louis Stevenson gentlemanlydevilsometimes Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health. Robert Louis Stevenson communicationmoneyeducation The world has no room for cowards. Robert Louis Stevenson cowardcourageworld Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide. Robert Louis Stevenson marriedmarriagesuicide 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. Robert Louis Stevenson girlmenboys I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion. Robert Louis Stevenson aversionindifferenceluck Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes. Robert Louis Stevenson disputesmarriagelong Sightseeing is the art of disappointment. Robert Louis Stevenson sightseeingdisappointmentart My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring Robert Louis Stevenson roaringdevillong A birdie with a yellow bill Hoped upon the window sill, Cocked his shining eye and said: 'Ain't you 'shamed, you sleepy-'ead? Robert Louis Stevenson shiningeyeyellow Death, like a host, comes smiling to the door; Smiling, he greets us, on that tranquil shore Where neither piping bird nor peeping dawn Disturbs the eternal sleep, But in the stillness far withdrawn Our dreamless rest for evermore we keep. Robert Louis Stevenson sleepdoorsbird
