No man ought to looke a given horse in the mouth.

Men will not commonly steal women that are nothing worth.

Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.

"For it is very hard, my lord," said a convicted felon at the bar to the late excellent judge Burnet, "to hang a poor man for stealing a horse." "You are not to be hanged sir," answered my ever-honored and beloved friend, "for stealing a horse, but you are to be hanged that horses may not be stolen."

Does it really matter what these affectionate people do — so long as they don’t do it in the streets and frighten the horses!

Men do not become tyrants in order that they may not suffer cold.

We do not jail people for their opinions[.]

A cavalryman's horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be allowed to know this.

I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.

Wild horses wouldn't draw it from you?

3273. Look not a given Horse in the Mouth.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Our loss was not a scratch to man or horse.

“No thefts of free will reported.” (Hays translation)