Robert Louis Stevenson Love Quotations

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.

If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.

It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so a man would rather leave behind him the portrait of his spirit than a portrait of his face.

So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.

The essence of love is kindness.

Teacher, tender comrade, wife, A fellow-farer true through life.

Wine is bottled poetry.

The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.