Robert Louis Stevenson

Fifteen men on the dead man's chest, Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum. (from 'Treasure Island') - Robert Louis Stevenson

A man should stop his ears against paralyzing terror and run the race that is set before him with a single mind. - Robert Louis Stevenson

Courage, the footstool of the Virtues, upon which they stand. - Robert Louis Stevenson

Wine is bottled poetry.  - Robert Louis Stevenson

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. - Robert Louis Stevenson

A friend is a gift you give yourself. - Robert Louis Stevenson

There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it behooves all of us not to talk about the rest of us. - Robert Louis Stevenson