A dog starved at his master’s gate / Predicts the ruin of the state.

How like to us is that filthy beast the ape.

Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.

Imitate the ass in his love to his master.

It is remarkable that only small birds properly sing.

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

Who sleepeth with dogs shall rise with fleas.

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

A good dog, sir, deserves a good bone.

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

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

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

Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.