If you speak the truth, you spoil the game.
False hope is sometimes much worse and sometimes much better than no hope.
Many gamblers think they're being singled out by fate as a target for cruel jokes. They feel they alone in all the universe are being tortured, experimented upon by some unknown force.
I am a lucky player; a powerful winning force surrounds me.
It's hard to convince a winner that he's losing.
If an opponent won't watch you bet, then you probably shouldn't.