My bargain with the butcher was the only successful chapter in my bovine experiences.

The only taking-off in the whole transaction was that the butcher ran away, leaving me nothing but a specimen of poor chirography, and I already had enough of that among my manuscripts.
My friend, never depend on high-breeds.

Some of the most useless of cattle had ancestors spoken of in the "Commentaries of Caesar." That Alderney whose grandfather used to graze on a lord's park in England may not be worth the grass she eats.
Do not depend too much on the high-sounding name of Durham or Devon.

As with animals, so with men.

Only one President ever had a President for a son.