Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

A light purse is a heavy curse.

I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the Church.

Remember that credit is money.

The key that unlocks a door is a key to keep if you want to go through that door again.

Chess teaches foresight, by having to plan ahead; vigilance, by having to keep watch over the whole chess board; caution, by having to restrain ourselves from making hasty moves; and finally, we learn from chess the greatest maxim in life - that even when everything seems to be going badly for us we should not lose heart, but always hoping for a change for the better, steadfastly continue searching for the solutions to our problems.

Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.