"The director took my face in his hands and asked me to show him my teeth, as with a horse. This happened on a Wednesday, and by the following Monday I was shooting"

"A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle"

"Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen"

"If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse"

"Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children"

"I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse"

"Get off your horse and drink your milk"

"Not addicted to gluttony or drunkenness, this people who incur no expense in food or dress, and whose minds are always bent upon the defence of their country, and on the means of plunder, are wholly employed in the care of their horses and furniture"

"Give these Indians little farms, survey them, let them put fences around them, let them have their own horses, cows, sheep, things that they can call their own, and it will do away with tribal Indians"

"A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still"

"I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse's good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment"