It isnt important who is ahead at one time or another, in either an election or a horse race. Its the horse that comes in first at the finish that counts – Harry S Truman
There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps its the risk, the gamble. In any event its a thing I need. – William Faulkner
An ordinary man can… surround himself with two thousand books… and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy. – Augustine Birrell
