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. Robert Louis Stevenson on love
It 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 Stevenson on love
Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses. Robert Louis Stevenson on marriage
You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition but to find your wife laughing when you had tears in your eyes, or staring when you were in a fit of laughter, would go some way towards a dissolution of the marriage. Robert Louis Stevenson on marriage
Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes. Robert Louis Stevenson on marriage
In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being. Robert Louis Stevenson on marriage
It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. Robert Louis Stevenson on men
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 on money
The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty. Robert Louis Stevenson on money
To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life. Robert Louis Stevenson on motivational
It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. Robert Louis Stevenson on nature
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. Robert Louis Stevenson on nature
Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. Robert Louis Stevenson on politics
It 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 Stevenson on respect
Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies. Robert Louis Stevenson on strength
That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much. Robert Louis Stevenson on success
If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him. Robert Louis Stevenson on success
Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life. Robert Louis Stevenson on thankful