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In future, instead of the trite Old Adage, “As Faithful,” it might more properly be said, “As Flattering as a Dog:”—like other Flatterers, “they are Faithless as they are Flattering.”
Every one knows that when Men go Mad, they always hate most those that they loved best when they were in their Senses: and it is a frightful Truth, that
“A Mad Dog is always apt to bite his Master first.”
There have been many arguments pro and con, concerning the dreadful Disease their bite produces;—it is enough to know, that Multitudes of Men, Women, and Children, have died in consequence of being bitten by Dogs.—What does it matter whether they were the Victims of Bodily Disease or Mental Irritation? The Life of the most humble Human Being is of more value than all the Dogs in the World—dare the most brutal Cynic say otherwise?
Semi-drowning in the Sea, and all the pretended Specifics, are mere delusions, and there is no real remedy but cutting the part out immediately. If the bite be near a large Blood vessel, that cannot always be done, nor when done, nor however soon done, or however well done, will it always prevent the miserable Victim from dying the most dreadful of Deaths!!!
Well might St. Paul desire us to
“Beware of Dogs.”
First Epistle to Phillipians, chap. iii. verse 2.