ut leo, materno cum raptus ab ubere mores accepit pectique iubas hominemque vereri edidicit nullasque rapi nisi iussus in iras, si semel adverso radiavit lumine ferrum, eiurata fides domitorque inimicus, in illum prima fames, timidoque pudet servisse magistro.
As a lion snatched from his mother's dugs learns manners, taught to let his mane be combed, to respect man, and never to fly into a rage unless ordered; but if steel flashes out in front of him, he forswears his faith and his tamer becomes his foe. His first hunger is for him and he is ashamed to have obeyed a timid master.