The elephant, although a gross beast, is yet the most decent and most sensible of any other upon earth. Although he never changes his female, and hath so tender a love for her whom he hath chosen, yet he never couples with her but at the end of every three years, and then only for the space of five days.

An ape will be an ape, though clad in purple.

We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words.

If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail.

Life is no way to treat an animal.

One of the animals which a generous and sociable man would soonest become is a dog. A dog can have a friend; he has affections and character; he can enjoy equally the field and the fireside; he dreams, he caresses, he propitiates; he offends and is pardoned; he stands by you in adversity; he is a good fellow.

Happiness is a warm puppy.

Do you not see how God is praised by those in the heavens and those on earth? The very birds praised Him as they wing their way.

Who hears the fishes when they cry?

Animals are good to think with.

Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve and from which he cannot escape.

Men, my dear, are very queer animals—a mixture of horse nervousness, ass stubbornness, and camel malice.

How like to us is that filthy beast the ape.