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

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.

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.

Cows are among the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them—and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures.

The fox knows lots of tricks, the hedgehog only one—but it’s a winner.

Happiness is a warm puppy.

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

A bull contents himself with one meadow, and one forest is enough for a thousand elephants; but the little body of a man devours more than all other living creatures.

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.

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

A good dog, sir, deserves a good bone.

Life is no way to treat an animal.