There is no secret so close as that between a rider 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.

No one knows how ungentlemanly he can look, until he has seen himself in a shocking bad hat.

There is no secret closer than what passes between a man and his horse

There are three sorts of lawyers - able, unable and lamentable.

There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.

Better be killed than frightened to death.