Robert Louis Stevenson

Every one lives by selling something.

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.

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage 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.

That a 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.

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.

The world is so full of a number of things; I am sure we should all be as happy as kings.