“It's better to swim in the sea belowThan to swing in the air and feed the crow,Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol.”

“Chess teaches foresight, by having to plan ahead; vigilance, by having to keep watch over the whole chess board; caution, by having to restrain ourselves from making hasty moves; and finally, we learn from chess the greatest maxim in life - that even when everything seems to be going badly for us we should not lose heart, but always hoping for a change for the better, steadfastly continue searching for the solutions to our problems.”

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”

“You tell me, and I forgetYou teach me, and I rememberYou involve me, and I learn”

“Well done is better than well said.”

“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.”

“That felicity, when I reflected on it, has induced me sometimes to say, that were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, [...] Since such a repetition is not to be expected, the next thing most like living one's life over again seems to be a recollection of that life, and to make that recollection as durable as possible by putting it down into writing.”