Robert Louis Stevenson

I had neither hope nor spirit to begin a flight again out of so many dangers; and sure, if I had, the strength would have been all gone out of me, like an old tale.

I will teach you to know men; it is for that I have taken you.

To be always feared, and yet never destroyed: to be always trusted, and yet always to betray.

Man may die, and he is quelled: his daughter is like himself.

Farewell to friends, farewell to all I care for! Parent, friend, and dog, all must we go;

I awoke in the morning early; and scarce was the light of the day upon the chamber window, when I beheld a dreary sight. It was snowing from a cloudless heaven.

Now, as you have seen me in my unfavourable moments, I will show you a good one.

To sit in the seat of the scornful, and to sleep in the bed of peace.

He followed, walking pretty clumsily in the sand, so as to dry his feet; and I could see that he was still in pain

I scarce know why, but it relieved me that he could be so simple at command.

For some time, these poor folk walked the deck in converse, mostly silent.

I was tight be the heart at this new instance of his duplicity; but I was minded to give him as good as they sent.