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

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.

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

Alas! We are ridiculous animals.

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

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

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

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

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

Who hears the fishes when they cry?

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

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

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