The best initial move for white is 1. P-K4.
Play the move that forces the win in the simplest way. Leave the brilliancies to Alekhine, Keres and Tal.
The sign of a great Master is his ability to win a won game quickly and painlessly
Chess is not for the timid.
Every Chess master was once a beginner
If once a man delays castling and his king remains in the center, files will open up against him, bishops sweep the board, rooks will dominate the seventh rank, and pawns turn into queens.