Chess Is The Touchstone Of Intellect.

Mediocrity Has No Greater Consolation Than In The Thought That Genius Is Not Immortal.

What Is The Freedom Of The Most Free? To Do What Is Right!

Everything In The World May Be Endured, Except Only A Succession Of Prosperous Days. [ger., Alles In Der Welt Lasst Sich Ertragen, Nur Nicht Eine Reihe Von Schonen Tagen.]

If All These Devils Really Exist It Proves There Must Be Angels, Too.

Truth Is Contrary To Our Nature, Not So Error, And This For A Very Simple Reason: Truth Demands That We Should Recognize Ourselves As Limited, Error Flatters Us That, In One Way Or Another, We Are Unlimited.