Every creature in the world is like a book and a picture, to us, and a mirror.

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

Imitate the ass in his love to his master.

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

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

There be beasts that, at a year old, observe more, and pursue that which is for their good more prudently, than a child can do at ten.

Of all the creatures that breathe and creep on the surface of the earth, none is more to be pitied than man.

Man and animals are really the conduit of food, the sepulcher of animals, and resting place of the dead, one causing the death of the other, making themselves the covering for the corruption of other dead bodies.

Who hears the fishes when they cry?

Alas! We are ridiculous animals.

Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But they have no right to their life, because they do not will it. 

Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

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