"My two great loves are music and horses"

"Music is my religion"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

"If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse"

"I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat"

"A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle"

"Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few"

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away"

"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime"

"Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life"

"Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm"