Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
Brains first and then Hard Work.
It is impossible to win gracefully at chess. No man has yet said "Mate!" in a voice which failed to sound to his opponent bitter, boastful and malicious.
It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it.
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
No sensible author wants anything but praise.