Robert Louis Stevenson

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is read more

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like read more

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.

To hold the same views at forty as we held at twenty is to have been stupefied for a score read more

To hold the same views at forty as we held at twenty is to have been stupefied for a score of years, and take rank, not as a prophet, but as an unteachable brat, well birched and none the wiser.

That man is successful who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much, who has gained the respect of the read more

That man is successful who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much, who has gained the respect of the intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.

Once I guessed right,
And I got credit by't;
Thrice I guessed wrong,
And read more

Once I guessed right,
And I got credit by't;
Thrice I guessed wrong,
And I kept my credit on.