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“Nothing like a little judicious levity.”

The Wrong Box, ch. 7 (1889).

“Let any man speak long enough, he will get believers.”

The Master of Ballantrae, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Many's a long night I've dreamed of cheese — toasted mostly.”

Source: Treasure Island (1883), Ch. 15, The Man of the Island.

“Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life.”

An Apology for Idlers.
Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers (1881)

“Youth now flees on feathered foot.”

To Will H. Low, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“The pleasant Land of Counterpane.”

The Land of Counterpane, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).