Better be killed than frightened to death.
More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice.
No one knows how ungentlemanly he can look, until he has seen himself in a shocking bad hat.
Three things I never lends - my 'oss, my wife, and my name.
There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.
The country has its charms-cheapness for one.