Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
Robert Louis StevensonBut even if we take matrimony at its lowest, even if we regard it as no more than a sort of friendship recognized by the police, there must be degrees in the freedom and sympathy realized, and some principle to guide simple folk in their selection.
Robert Louis StevensonEverything is true; only the opposite is true too; you must believe both equally or be damned.
Robert Louis StevensonAnd if a man reads very hard, as the old anecdote reminds us, he will have little time for thought.
Robert Louis Stevenson