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

Who sleepeth with dogs shall rise with fleas.

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

Imitate the ass in his love to his master.

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

Men, my dear, are very queer animals—a mixture of horse nervousness, ass stubbornness, and camel malice.

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

A good dog, sir, deserves a good bone.

Who hears the fishes when they cry?

Alas! We are ridiculous animals.

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.

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men, but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.

Happiness is a warm puppy.