Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.
Robert Louis StevensonMan is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
Robert Louis StevensonMy idea of man's chief end was to enrich the world with things of beauty, and have a fairly good time myself while doing so.
Robert Louis StevensonTo be wealthy, a rich nature is the first requisite and money but the second. To be of a quick and healthy blood, to share in all honorable curiosities, to be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good of others, to love with such generosity of heart that your love is still a dear possession in absence or unkindness-these are the gifts of fortune which money cannot buy, and without which money can buy nothing.
Robert Louis Stevenson