Robert Louis Stevenson

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may.

Wine is bottled poetry.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labor.

You cannot run away from a weakness, you must sometime fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand.

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.

Let first the onion flourish there, Rose among the roots, the maiden-fair Wine scented and poetic soul of the capacious salad bowl.