A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
And the plain ox,
That harmless, honest guileless animal,
In what has he offended? he whose toil,
Patient and ever ready, clothes the land
With all the pomp of harvest.
Thompson—The Seasons.
A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age. Much Ado About Nothing.
Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.
Brillat Savarin.