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.

Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve and from which he cannot escape.

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

Imitate the ass in his love to his master.

I do not mean to call an elephant a vulgar animal, but if you think about him carefully, you will find that his nonvulgarity consists in such gentleness as is possible to elephantine nature—not in his insensitive hide, nor in his clumsy foot, but in the way he will lift his foot if a child lies in his way; and in his sensitive trunk, and still more sensitive mind, and capability of pique on points of honor.

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

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

Man is a troublesome animal and therefore is not very manageable.

It is remarkable that only small birds properly sing.

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

Animals are good to think with.

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

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