I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone's hand off if he puts it in my mouth.

Chess is intellectual gymnastics.

A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror

Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.

I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings

A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it

Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack

The King is a fighting piece. Use it!

Fame, I have already. Now I need the money.

In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns.

Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of haviong an evil thought during the game.

To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.

Poverty is not a circumstance, it's an attitude.

Most people in the world are Christ lovers. And then there are Christ haters. But all of them are fixated on Christ, and he perpetuates for ever.

Little tube of mighty pow'r Charmer of an idle hour Object of my warm desire.

The choice of a topic which will bear analysis and support enthusiasm, is essential to the enjoyment of conversation.

Has given me no choice but to advocate for the termination of this project.

Remember: Matter: how tiny your share of it. Time: how brief and fleeting your allotment of it. Fate: how small a role you play in it.

It is much more difficult to know what is fair than what is unfair

One should try to locate power at the extreme of its exercise, where it is always less legal in character.

We can make up for lost money, but we can't make up for lost time.