[W]e call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us…

[T]hey always think they can improve upon nature and mend what God has made.

Oh! if people knew what a comfort to horses a light hand is.

[D]o your best wherever it is, and keep up your good name.

[A] bad-tempered man will never make a good-tempered horse.

To my dear and honoured Mother, whose life, no less than her pen, has been devoted to the welfare of others, this little book is affectionately dedicated.

[W]e shall all have to be judged according to our works, whether they be towards man or towards beast.