Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.

Happiness is a warm puppy.

There are some who, if a cat accidentally comes into the room, though they neither see it nor are told of it, will presently be in a sweat and ready to die away.

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.

It is remarkable that only small birds properly sing.

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

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

Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But they have no right to their life, because they do not will it. 

We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words.

I hate the sight of monkeys; they remind me so of poor relations.

Who sleepeth with dogs shall rise with fleas.

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.

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