تذكّر أنّ الله العليّ، الذي خلق الكلب رفيقًا لمسرّاتنا وكدحنا، قد منحه طبعًا نبيلًا لا يعرف الخداع.

“Recollect that the Almighty, who gave the dog to be companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit.”Walter Scott — The Talisman. Chronicles of Canongate (1st series) (1871)