He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world... how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!

Sameness leaves us in peace but it is contradiction that makes us productive.

Chess is the touchstone of intellect.

If youth is a fault, it is one that one gets rid of soon enough.

Few men have imagination enough for reality.

The best pleasures of this world are not quite true.