Be silent and safe-silence never betrays you.
Ireland is a fruitful mother of genius, but a barren nurse.
Anonymity is the fame of the future.
Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise you, nor judge of a road till it draw to the end.
The adoption of gloves for all contests will do more to preserve the practice of boxing than any other conceivable means. It will give pugilism new life, not only as a professional boxer's art, but as a general exercise.
All that is worth seeing in good boxing can best be witnessed in a contest with soft gloves. Every value is called out: quickness, force, precision, foresight, readiness, pluck, and endurance. With these, the rowdy and 'rough' are not satisfied.