Chess Is One Long Regret.

Most People Tire Of A Lecture In Ten Minutes; Clever People Can Do It In Five. Sensible People Never Go To Lectures At All. But The People Who Do Go To A Lecture And Who Get Tired Of It, Presently Hold It As A Sort Of Grudge Against The Lecturer Personally. In Reality His Sufferings Are Worse Than Theirs.

You Frequently Ask, Where Are The Friends Of Your Childhood, And Urge That They Shall Be Brought Back To You. As Far As I Am Able To Learn, Those Of Your Friends Who Are Not In Jail Are Still Right There In Your Native Village. You Point Out That They Were Wont To Share Your Gambols, If So, You Are Certainly Entitled To Have Theirs Now.

You Can Never Have International Peace As Long As You Have National Poverty.

Chess Is One Long Regret.

The Victorians Needed Parody. Without It Their Literature Would Have Been A Rank And Weedy Growth, Over-watered With Tears.