Do not always be thinking of attack! Moves that safeguard your position are often far more prudent.

The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient

The threat is stronger than the execution.

The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it.

First restrain, next blockade, lastly destroy.

Many men, many styles; what is chess style but the intangible expression of the will to win.

How can I lose to such an idiot?

In the middlegame, the king is merely an extra, but in the endgame, he is one of the star actors.

The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard

Strategically important points should be overprotected. If the pieces are so engaged, they get their regard in the fact that they will then find themselves well posted in every respect.

Even the laziest King flees wildly in the face of a double check!

...Wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie.

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

The summer day is closed, the sun is set: Well they have done their office, those bright hours, The latest of whose train goes softly out In the red west.

How silent are the winds!

A whistle in the dark is still a whistle.

A death-like sleep, A gentle wafting to immortal life.

Men of learning began to set experiments aside...to form theories...and to substitute these in the place of experiments.

I consider myself to be a romantic person, and I love the idea of having a soul mate.

As you live out your desolation, you can be either unhappy or happy. Having that choice is what constitutes your freedom.

Motherhood is beautiful. Everything [my son] does makes me so happy.