“Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.”

“When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. But if you have not a pen, I suppose you must scratch any way you can.”

“Come live in my heart, and pay no rent.”

“Life is like playing the violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.”

“Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.”

“What is a weak pawn? A pawn that is exposed to attack and also difficult to defend is a weak pawn. There are several varieties: isolated, doubled, too advanced, retarded.”

“Young people have a marvellous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.”