Robert Louis Stevenson : (11) " There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world. " - Robert Louis Stevenson " Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal. " - Robert Louis Stevenson " Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal. " - Robert Louis Stevenson " We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another in an endless series. " - Robert Louis Stevenson " That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much. " - Robert Louis Stevenson " When I am grown to man’s estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys. " - Robert Louis Stevenson " For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. " - Robert Louis Stevenson " The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish. " - Robert Louis Stevenson " You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with some one else. " - Robert Louis Stevenson " If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him. " - Robert Louis Stevenson