I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands, or commanding wives.

Finding myself to exist in the world, I believe I shall, in some shape or other, always exist.

There is no such thing as a good war or a bad peace.

We must not in the course of public life expect immediate approbation and immediate grateful acknowledgment of our services. But let us persevere through abuse and even injury. The internal satisfaction of a good conscience is always present, and time will do us justice in the minds of the people, even those at present the most prejudiced against us.

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

Take it from Richard, poor and lame, What's begun in anger ends in shame.

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.