The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.

Chess has this in common with making poetry; that the desire for it comes upon the amateur in gusts.

So - here I am in the dark alone, There's nobody here to see; I think to myself, I play to myself, And nobody knows what I say to myself; Here I am in the dark alone, What is it going to be? I can think whatever I like to think, I can play whatever I like to play, I can laugh whatever I like to laugh, There's nobody here but me.

Never forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.

When carrying a jar of honey to give to a friend for his birthday, don't stop and eat it along the way.

When having a smackerel of something with a friend, don't eat so much that you get stuck in the doorway trying to get out.

I do remember, and then when I try to remember, I forget.