Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.

We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the earth.

We profit little by books we do not enjoy.

If we are ever in doubt what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done.

If we succeed in giving the love of learning, the learning itself is sure to follow.

A wise system of education will at least teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn.

When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.

Who dares, win

Among writers, if you don't have a therapist, it's like saying you don't keep a journal or use the thesaurus. It's a natural accompaniment.

But if the choice I have to make comes down to you or me, I choose you. I always have. All my love, Patch

Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though.

The White House says that the vacation in Texas will give President Bush the chance to unwind. My question is, when does the guy wind?

The future has a lot to do with the past.

you told me I could beat him. You promised.

What keeps me writing is that I can only know through writing. My major sense organ is apparently a pencil.

There are two main drivers of asset class returns - inflation and growth.

I tried the plan of talking incessantly myself, so as to hide the fact I didn't hear anything they said, the result was nobody paid the slightest attention to my (doubtless brilliant) remarks.