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...
cynicism deal great hate perhaps unless worse
I hate cynicism a great deal worse than I do the devil; unless perhaps the two were the same thing
absence admiration buy cannot dear free generosity gifts good greatly heart love money possession rejoice rich unkindness
To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good of others, to love with such generosity of heart that your love is still a dear possession in absence or unkindness - these are the gifts which money cannot buy
eyes gold great
Trusty, dusky, vivid, true, With eyes of gold and bramble-dew, Steel-true and blade-straight, The great artificer made my mate.
affair best great knows travel-and-tourism travels
He travels best that knows when to return. Middleton For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.
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