All movement, of every creature, comes from the desire after something better.
In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
In life, as in Chess, ones own Pawns block ones way. A mans very wealth, ease, leisure, children, books, which should help him to win, more often checkmate him
Proverbs are potted wisdom.
Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter.
A successful career has been full of blunders.