Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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To forget oneself is to be happy.

To forget oneself is to be happy.

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in...

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in...

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

No man is useless while he has a friend.

No man is useless while he has a friend.

When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream,...

When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream,...

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good....

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good....

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you...

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you...

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his...

In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his...

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage...

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage...

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it...

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it...

So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost...

So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost...

I find it useful to remember, everyone lives by selling something.

I find it useful to remember, everyone lives by selling something.

Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.

Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.

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

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

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.

We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another...

We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another...

I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.

I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.

You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there...

You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there...