There is no secret closer than what passes between a man and his horse
Some think that people come to a ball to do nothing but dance; whereas everyone knows that the real business of a ball is to look out for a wife, to look after a wife, or to look after someone else's wife.
Three things I never lends - my 'oss, my wife, and my name.
There are three sorts of lawyers - able, unable and lamentable.
There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.
It ar'n't that I loves the fox less, but that I loves the 'ound more.