“Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.” — Robert Louis Stevenson
“Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?” — Robert Louis Stevenson
“We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” — Robert Louis Stevenson
“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
“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
“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
“There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.” — Robert Louis Stevenson
“Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.” — Robert Louis Stevenson
“Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.” — Robert Louis Stevenson
“That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.” — Robert Louis Stevenson
“A friend is a present you give to yourself.” — Robert Louis Stevenson
“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.” — Robert Louis Stevenson