Even as good shone upon the countenance of the one, evil was written broadly and plainly on the face of the other. Evil besides (which I must still believe to be the lethal side of man) had left on that body an imprint of deformity and decay. And yet when I looked upon that ugly idol in the glass, I was conscious of no repugnance, rather of a leap of welcome. This, too, was myself.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Everyone lives by selling something.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Everyone who got where he is hard to begin where he was.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Everyone who got where he is has had to begin where he was.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Extreme busyness is a symptom of deficient vitality, and a faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Extreme busyness whether at school or college Kirk or market is a symptom of deficient vitality and a faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Fear is the strong passion; it is with fear that you must trifle, if you wish to taste the intensest joys of living.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Fifteen men on the Dead Man's Chest Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!

— Robert Louis Stevenson