The King is a fighting piece. Use it!

The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game.

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!

A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror

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.

Chess is not for the faint-hearted; it absorbs a person entirely. To get to the bottom of this game, he has to give himself up into slavery. Chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research.

I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone's hand off if he puts it in my mouth.