Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave.

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

Who sleepeth with dogs shall rise with fleas.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Alas! We are ridiculous animals.

Who hears the fishes when they cry?

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