Even dirt glitters when the sun is shining upon it
We don't get to know anything but what we love.
The hardest thing is to see what's under your very eyes.
Chess is the touchstone of intellect.
It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.
If one has not read the newspapers for some months and then reads them all together, one sees, as one never saw before, how much time is wasted with this kind of literature.