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

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

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

Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals—except the weasel.

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

Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.

Happiness is a warm puppy.

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

A good dog, sir, deserves a good bone.

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

Man is a troublesome animal and therefore is not very manageable.

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 good to think with.