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

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

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.

When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.

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

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

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.

Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.

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

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

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

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

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