The fox knows lots of tricks, the hedgehog only one—but it’s a winner.

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

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

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

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

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

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

In every man is a wild beast; most of them don’t know how to hold it back, and the majority give it full rein when they are not restrained by terror of law.

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. 

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

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

Who hears the fishes when they cry?

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.