All lines of play which lead to the imprisonment of the bishop are on principle to be condemned.

When you don't know what to do, wait for your opponent to get an idea; it is sure to be bad.

Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player

One doesn't have to play well, it's enough to play better than your opponent

Many have become chess masters - no one has become the master of chess.

Intellectual activity is perhaps the greatest pleasure of life; chess is one of the forms of intellectual activity.

I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess, just as I would pity the man who has remained ignorant of love. Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make man happy.