Belmont Stakes Host

Famous quotes containing the words belmont, stakes and/or host:

“We use important words too frequently and they lose value; for instance, charm and great. An actor or musician often is proclaimed great when we really mean he is outstanding.”
—Eleanor Robson Belmont (1878–1979)

“Law makes long spokes of the short stakes of men.”
—William Empson (1906–1984)

“When the guests have left, the host is at peace.”
—Chinese proverb.