Maxioms by Robert Louis Stevenson
It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that read more
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.
To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.
To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.
An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
It is not for nothing, either, that the umbrella has become the
very foremost badge of modern civilization--the Urim read more
It is not for nothing, either, that the umbrella has become the
very foremost badge of modern civilization--the Urim and Thummim
of respectability. . . . So strongly do we feel on this point,
indeed, that we are almost inclined to consider all who possess
really well-conditioned umbrellas as worthy of the Franchise.
Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences.
Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences.
