Of all the creatures that breathe and creep on the surface of the earth, none is more to be pitied than man.

An ape will be an ape, though clad in purple.

Every creature in the world is like a book and a picture, to us, and a mirror.

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.

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

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

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.

Happiness is a warm puppy.

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

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. 

Animals are good to think with.

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