When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

Topics: Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible...

It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible...

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong

If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong

No man is useless while he has a friend.

No man is useless while he has a friend.

You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition; but to...

You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition; but to...

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...

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.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can...

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can...

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...

The saints are the sinners who keep on going

The saints are the sinners who keep on going

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not...

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not...

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,...

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.

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...

I hate cynicism a great deal worse than I do the devil; unless perhaps the...

I hate cynicism a great deal worse than I do the devil; unless perhaps the...

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those...

The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those...

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.