It is unjust, and sometimes very untrue, though it is a common theory, to hold that it is sacrifices which make the beauty of a combination, and that the combination is prettier by the magnitude of the sacrifices.

It is not a move, even the best move that you must seek, but a realizable plan

Haste, the great enemy.

Haste is never more dangerous than when you feel that victory is in your grasp.

It is unjust, and sometimes very untrue, though it is a common theory, to hold that it is sacrifices which make the beauty of a combination, and that the combination is prettier by the magnitude of the sacrifices.

Chess is a game of understanding and not of memory.

... though combinations are without number, the number of ideas are limited.