Keep running after a dog, and he will never bite you.

Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all. 

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men, but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.

It is remarkable that only small birds properly sing.

Man is a troublesome animal and therefore is not very manageable.

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.

Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the king’s horses.

I hate the sight of monkeys; they remind me so of poor relations.

The righteous know the needs of their animals, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

Go to the ant, you lazybones; consider its ways, and be wise.

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.

Imitate the ass in his love to his master.