Chess is the touchstone of intellect.

Master and Doctor are my titles; for ten years now, without repose, I held my erudite recitals and led my pupils by the nose.

Smoothly and lightly the golden seed by the furrow is covered.

Faust: Who holds the devil, let him hold him well, He hardly will be caught a second time.

The use of a thing is only a part of its significance. To know anything thoroughly, to have the full command of it in all its appliances, we must study it on its own account, independently of any special application.

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art, and a man can form no surer bond with it.

What you desire when young, you have in abundance when old.