Snatch not eagerly at every advantage offered by his unskilfulness or inattention; but point out to him kindly, that by such a move he places or leaves a piece in danger and unsupported; that by another he will put his king in a perilous situation, &c.
Franklin encourages players to be kind and helpful to their opponents, promoting sportsmanship over opportunism.
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In all cases where the strength of the whole was necessary to be used against the enemy, there would be the same difficulty in degree, to bring the several unions to unite together, as now the several colonies; and consequently the same…
You are a member of that parliament, and have formed part of that majority, which has condemned my native country to destruction.
Each union would separately be weaker than when joined by the whole, obliged to exert more force, be oppressed by the expence, and the enemy less deterred from attacking it.
An ancient sage valued himself upon this, that though he could not fiddle, he knew how to make a great city of a little one.
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