Chess is a game which reflects most honor on human wit.

Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden.

If the bookseller happens to desire a privilege for his merchandise, whether he is selling Rabelais or the Fathers of the Church, the magistrate grants the privilege without answering for the contents of the book. - Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire

All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.

The rude beginnings of every art acquire a greater celebrity than the art in perfection; he who first played the fiddle was looked upon as a demigod.

To enjoy life we must touch much of it lightly.

To achieve a goal, a dream, a wish, you must plan it out for success!