"The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity."
"Chess is so interesting in itself, as not to need the view of gain to induce engaging in it; and thence it is never played for money"
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Source: George Walker, Benjamin Franklin, William Stopford Kenny (1841). “The chess player: by George Walker; to which are added the three games played at one and the same time by Philidor; sixty openings, mates and situations, by W. S. Kenny, with remarks, anecdotes, &c. &c., and an explanation of the round chess board”, p.7
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