“On the contrary, it can only be conserved by continuous and good practice.”

I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed.

Attack! Always Attack!

He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless have beaten Labourdonnais himself.

He never makes a mistake; but, if his adversary commits the slightest error, he is lost.

It is … impossible to keep one’s excellence in a little glass casket, like a jewel, to take it out whenever wanted.

In all his games with me, he has not only played, in every instance, the exact move, but the most exact.

Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.

Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements.

If you think about the times in life when you’ve been the most deeply fulfilled, they’re the times that you’ve felt love. Whether it’s watching a sunset, spending time with a pet or being with a partner with whom you feel an intensely deep connection.

O goddess, bestow on my words an immortal charm.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable.

We, peopling the void air, make gods to whom we impute the ills we ought to bear.

I assume Obama knows about stop and frisk, so this is not the person that should be the head of homeland security.