When you don't know what to do, wait for your opponent to get an idea; it is sure to be bad.

It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king.

When you see a good move, sit on your hands and see if you can find a better one.

He who fears an isolated Queen's Pawn should give up Chess.

I already came upon the world as a extraordinary human being; to my parents' great horror, I was equipped with a clubfoot which, however, did not hamper my rapid progress.

First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game

Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.

It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well

Chess is a terrible game. If you have no center, your opponent has a freer position. If you do have a center, then you really have something to worry about!

Weak points or holes in the opponent's position must be occupied by pieces not Pawns

If the defender is forced to give up the center, then every possible attack follows almost of itself.

A strong mentor can help a young woman find and advance in the career of her dreams that otherwise may have seemed impossible.

As late as the seventeenth century, monarchs owned so little furniture that they had to travel from palace to palace with wagon-loads of plate and bedspreads, of carpets and tapestries.

There is no nature in an instant.

I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.

Mature love has a bliss not even imagined by newlyweds.

Nowadays it's not who wears the pants in the family, but who carries the credit cards.

Things are really weird around here, and most of us don't know everything. Half of everything.

Let's just start and see what happens.

Adults acting like children and children acting like adults is generally a pretty reliable comic device.

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.