An aspiration is a joy for ever, a possession as solid as a landed estate.
Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
Not every man is so great a coward as he thinks he is – nor yet so good a Christian.
Courage, the footstool of the Virtues, upon which they stand.
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. Quiet minds can’t be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.
Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.
It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire.
A child should always say what’s true, And speak when he is spoken to; And behave mannerly at table, At least as far as he is able.
Childhood must pass away, and then youth, as surely as age approaches. The true wisdom is to be always seasonable, and to change with a good grace in changing circumstances. To love playthings well as a child, to lead an adventurous and honorable youth, and to settle when the time arrives, into a green and […]
To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming is the only end of life.
Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.
