• "A game of patience has many virtues. It sharpens the wits, it develops judgement, it helps the power of concentration and, in this way, assists in the development of that elusive quality which for want of a better name we call card sense. Above all, a game of patience has a great moral value because, when it is properly approached, it calls for the self-discipline of being honest with oneself." (George F. Hervey, Card Games for One, 1965, ISBN 0340055383, p. 7)

• Solitaires "have a marvellous capacity both to soothe and challenge the mind of the player" (Trevor Day and The Diagram Group, Collins Gem Patience Card Games, HarperCollins Publishers, 1996, ISBN 0004720164, p. 3)

• "Patience is the mental equivalent of jogging: its purpose is to tone the brain up and get rid of unsociable mental flabbiness." (David Parlett, The Penguin Book of Patience, Penguin Books, 1980, ISBN 0140663461, p. 11)

• "Everybody should cultivate the power of self entertainment. No matter what may be our domestic and social surroundings there come times to each of us when, unless we are able to be 'company to ourselves', we must inevitably suffer from loneliness or ennui. It is at such moments that the game of Solitaire (to which our English cousins give the very significant name of Patience) becomes something much more than a frivolous diversion." (George Hapgood, Solitaire and Patience, Philadelphia, 1917, p. 5)

• "There is a charm and solace about Solitaire which is beginning to be more generally and deservedly appreciated. It affords an attractive pastime and a grateful relief when overtaxed by too assiduous application to business or study; it serves to fill up idle hours, and to soothe the unrest of the unfortunate victim of insomnia. It offers advantages that are conspicuously wanting in all other card games: -No need for waiting for one or more companions to make up a game, but you take out a pack or two of cards from the drawer and begin the game just when the desire to do so presents itself, -you are all there; and no opposing player to thwart your best intentions and ruin your well-planned endeavors with every card you play, -you have it all own way." (William B. Dick, Dick's Games of Patience or Solitaire with Cards, New York, 1883, p. 3)

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