| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Colt |
| | | A colt is good for nothing if it does not break its halter. French. | 1 |
| A colt you may break, but an old horse you never can. | 2 |
| A kindly aver (colt) never makes a good horse. | 3 |
| A ragged colt may make a good horse. | 4 |
| A wild colt may become a sober horse. | 5 |
| He has a colt’s tooth yet in his old head. | 6 |
| How can the foal amble when the horse and mare trot. | 7 |
| Ragged colts may make fine horses. | 8 |
| The best colt needs breaking. | 9 |
| The colt’s tooth is still in his mouth. Massinger. | 10 |
The tricks that a colt gets at his breaking
Will, whilst he lives, ne’er be lacking. | 11 |
| The wildest colts make the best horses when they come to be properly broke and handled. Themistocles. | 12 |
| There is no colt but breaks some halter. Italian. | 13 |
| You may break a colt but not an old horse. | 14 | | |
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