Benjamin Franklin Chess Quotations

The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions, for life is a kind of chess.

By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution.

Life is a kind of chess.

Life is a kind of Chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill events.

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

By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of persevering in the secrets of resources