"Would you make men better - set..." - Quote by Elbert Hubbard

“Perfume: any smell that is used to drown a worse one.”

“Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.”

“One can play comedy, two are required for melodrama, but a tragedy demands three.”

“Don't talk about it. The rose doesn't have to propagate its perfume. It just gives it forth, and people are drawn to it. Live it, and people will come to see the source of your power.”

“The wise cares about everyone, and he becomes an example to all.”

“There is nothing more frustrating than a good example.”

“Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.”

“All of the great patriots now engaged in edging and squirming their way toward the Presidency of the Republic run true to form. That is to say, they are all extremely wary, and all more or less palpable frauds. What they want, primarily, is the job; the necessary equipment of unescapable issues, immutable principles and soaring ideals can wait until it becomes more certain which way the mob will be whooping.”

“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”