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.

Man is no man, but a wolf, to a stranger.

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

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.

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.

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.

It is remarkable that only small birds properly sing.

Happiness is a warm puppy.

A good dog, sir, deserves a good bone.

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.

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

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