"It is always the nearest, plainest and..." - Quote by Elbert Hubbard

“The man who knows it can't be done counts the risk, not the reward.”

“Young women with ambitions should be very crafty and cautious, lest mayhap they be caught in the soft, silken mesh of a happy marriage, and go down to oblivion, dead to the world.”

“There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability. The sternest comment that can be made against employers as a class lies in the fact that men of Ability usually succeed in showing their worth in spite of their employer, and not with his assistance and encouragement.”

“If you are looking for a friend who is faultless, you will be friendless.”

“To know is not to be wise. To know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.”

“It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.”

“I have met with but one or two persons in the course of my life who have understood the art of Walking, that is, of taking walks,-who had a genius, so to speak, for sauntering.”

“I am savage enough to prefer the woods, the wilds, and the independence of Monticello, to all the brilliant pleasures of this gaycapital [Paris].”

“Don't you complicate your mindFlee from hate, mischief and jealousy.”