Chess Is The Touchstone Of Intellect.

It Is Better To Be Deceived By One's Friends Than To Deceive Them.

What Reason Would Grope For In Vain, Spontaneous Impulse Ofttimes Achieves At A Stroke, With Light And Pleasureful Guidance.

Beware Of Wishing For Anything In Youth, Because You Will Get It In Middle Age.

And I Like Those Authors Best Whose Scenes Describe My Own Situation In Life-- And The Friends Who Are About Me Whose Stories Touch Me With Interest, From Resembling My Own Homely Existence.

The Real Scholar Learns How To Evolve The Unknown From The Known, And Draws Near The Master.