More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice. - Robert Smith Surtees

It is best to let the horse go his way, and pretend it is yours. There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.

The supply of good fellows is by no means in excess of the demand. A man has only to hoist the flag of hospitality to insure a very considerable amount of custom.

'Untin' fills my thoughts by day, and many a good run I have in my sleep. Many a dig in the ribs I gives Mrs. J. when I think they're runnin' into the warmint…No man is fit to be called a sportsman wot doesn't kick his wife out of bed on a haverage once in three weeks!