Robert Smith Surtees
There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.Collection: Horse
More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice.Collection: Integrity
Women never look so well as when one comes in wet and dirty from hunting.Collection: Dirty
The horse loves the hound, and I loves both.Collection: Horse
It ar'n't that I loves the fox less, but that I loves the 'ound more.Collection: Foxes
There is no secret closer than what passes between a man and his horseCollection: 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.Collection: Dance
There are three sorts of lawyers - able, unable and lamentable.Collection: Funny
No man rides harder than my Lord Scamperdale - always goes as if he had a spare neck in his pocket.Collection: Men
Better be killed than frightened to death.Collection: Frightened
Life would be very pleasant if it were not for its enjoyments.Collection: Would Be
The only infallible rule we know is, that the man who is always talking about being a gentleman never is one.Collection: Men
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.Collection: Mean
It is an inwariable rule with the dealers to praise the bad points and let the good 'uns speak for themselves.Collection: Speak
No one knows how ungentlemanly he can look, until he has seen himself in a shocking bad hat.Collection: Looks
The country has its charms-cheapness for one.Collection: Country
Three things I never lends - my 'oss, my wife, and my name.Collection: Names