If we take matrimony at it's lowest, we regard it as a sort of friendship recognised by the police.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

Topics: Friendship Quotes

We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.

We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

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...

The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the...

The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the...

The world is full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be...

The world is full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be...

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

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...

So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others,...

So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others,...

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....

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by...

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by...

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

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

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

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

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and...

Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and...

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,...

A friend is a present you give to yourself.

A friend is a present you give to yourself.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

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.

The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all...

The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all...

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has...

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has...