Have you ever seen a monkey examining a watch?

I shall accord to myself the honor of inscribing myself as an applicant for the American citizenship which according to law I can obtain only after five years residence in this country. And I shall yield to no one of my future countrymen in patriotism. I consider America now my real home.

A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it

Chess is not for timid souls.

In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns.

Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.

I would rather die in America than live in England. I would rather lose a match in America than win one in England. I have come to the conclusion that I neither mean to die soon or to lose the match!