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

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

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

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.

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

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

God had given men reason, by which they could find out things for themselves, but He had given animals knowledge which did not depend on reason, and which was much more prompt and perfect in its way, and by which they had often saved the …