Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson
Robert Louis Balfour Stevensonwas a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and A Child's Garden of Verses...
accept circle friendly hands man mark modest
It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from the hands of opportunity.
best friend honest travellers travels wilderness
We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend
friend present
A friend is a present you give to yourself.
disloyal friend hours lies lies-and-lying man opened room sat vile
The cruellest lies are often told in silence. A man may have sat in a room for hours and not opened his mouth, and yet come out of that room a disloyal friend or a vile calumniator.
saints sinners
The saints are the sinners who keep on going
evil manners opened smoothed woman
An ivory-faced and silvery-haired old woman opened the door. She had an evil face, smoothed by hypocrisy; but her manners were excellent.
clock fortune minds misfortune perplexed private quiet
Quiet minds can't be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.
bloodless books good mighty substitute
Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life.
welcomed
Thanks, when they are expressed, are often more embarrassing than welcomed
delay extra officers
Every day we delay this decision, that's another day we don't have extra officers on the road,
harvest judge seeds
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
checkered conversation marriage
Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.
humbly instead ought saying soul tells
To know what you prefer, instead of humbly saying "Amen" to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to keep your soul alive.
brains fool himself man
Give me the young man who has brains enough to make a fool of himself