It is remarkable that only small birds properly sing.

What delight can there be, and not rather displeasure, in hearing the barking and howling of dogs? Or what greater pleasure is there to be felt when a dog followeth a hare than when a dog followeth a dog?

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

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

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

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.

Imitate the ass in his love to his master.

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

Animals are good to think with.

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

Happiness is a warm puppy.

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.