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

How like to us is that filthy beast the ape.

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

There be beasts that, at a year old, observe more, and pursue that which is for their good more prudently, than a child can do at ten.

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

A bull contents himself with one meadow, and one forest is enough for a thousand elephants; but the little body of a man devours more than all other living creatures.

Animals are good to think with.

Alas! We are ridiculous animals.

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

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

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

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

It is remarkable that only small birds properly sing.