Bessie-isms:

*The dog that bites its master’s hand will soon be a dead dog. You can’t very well shoot a person who acts as viciously, but you don’t have to invite them to dinner either.

* Most humans complain constantly about their lot in life without having a clue what it should be or that they are the only one who determines what it will be.

Quotable:

Even brute beasts and wandering birds do not fall into the same traps or nets twice.

Saint Ambrose