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| A canter is a cure for every evil. Benjamin Disraeli. | 1 |
| Be the horse good or bad always wear your spurs. Italian. | 2 |
| Before you mount look at the girth. Dutch. | 3 |
| Better a begging mother than a riding father. | 4 |
| Better badly mounted than proud on foot. German. | 5 |
Better ride, when saddles do lack,
On a pad than on a bare horse’s back. | 6 |
| He rode sure indeed that never caught a fall. | 7 |
| He that can’t ride a gentle horse must not attempt to break a mad colt. | 8 |
| He that rides before he is ready wants some o’ his gear. | 9 |
| He who knows the road can ride at full trot. Italian. | 10 |
| He who rides behind another does not saddle when he will. Spanish. | 11 |
| He who rides on the giant’s shoulders sees further than he who carries him. French. | 12 |
| He who rides the horse is his master. Danish. | 13 |
| He who rides the mule shoes her. French. | 14 |
| If two men ride a horse one must ride behind. Shakespeare. | 15 |
| It is good to go afoot when one is tired of riding. Dutch. | 16 |
| More belongs to riding than a pair of riding boots. German. | 17 |
| Ne’er rode, ne’er fall. | 18 |
| Ride on but look before you. Dutch. | 19 |
| Ride softly that we may come sooner home. | 20 |
| Riding the only thing that princes ever do well because horses are no flatterers. Swift. | 21 |
| The best horseman is always on his feet. | 22 |
| When you ride a young colt see your saddle be well girt. | 23 |
| You ride as if you went to fetch a midwife. | 24 |
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