When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.

What delight can there be, and not rather displeasure, in hearing the barking and howling of dogs? Or what greater pleasure is there to be felt when a dog followeth a hare than when a dog followeth a dog?

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Men, my dear, are very queer animals—a mixture of horse nervousness, ass stubbornness, and camel malice.

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

Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve and from which he cannot escape.

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.

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

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