Government is dysfunctional.
It does not matter a feather whether a man be supported by patron or client, if he himself wants courage. [Lat. , Animus tamen omnia vincit. Ille etiam vires corpus habere facit. ]
He who dies for virtue does not perish.
A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
All men love themselves.
To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
I'm on the very blackest part of the black list.
When I analyse a position, I have a sparring partner who understands chess amazingly well. In a way I feel sorry for him, because of his work with me he cannot play as much chess as he wants. He more or less gave up his playing career.
When you put a tremendous amount of love into your work, as in any relationship, you can't know - you can only hope - that what you're offering will in some way be received. You shape your love to artistic demands, to the rigors of your genre. But still, it's a labor of love, and it's the nature of love that you must give it freely.
Come to terms with death. Thereafter anything is possible.