There is nothing so absurd as knowledge spun too fine.

All the heavenly Bodies, the Stars and Planets, are regulated with the utmost Wisdom! And can we suppose less Care to be taken in the Order of the moral than in the natural System?

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.

Gaining money by my industry and frugality, I lived very agreeably. . . .

Dally not with other folk's spouses or money.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Neglect mending a small fault and 'twill soon be a great one.