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

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

Man is merely a more perfect animal than the rest. He reasons better.

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.

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

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?

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

How like to us is that filthy beast the ape.

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

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.

Man and animals are really the conduit of food, the sepulcher of animals, and resting place of the dead, one causing the death of the other, making themselves the covering for the corruption of other dead bodies.

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