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

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

A dog starved at his master’s gate / Predicts the ruin of the state.

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.

One of the animals which a generous and sociable man would soonest become is a dog. A dog can have a friend; he has affections and character; he can enjoy equally the field and the fireside; he dreams, he caresses, he propitiates; he offends and is pardoned; he stands by you in adversity; he is a good fellow.

An ape will be an ape, though clad in purple.

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

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

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.

A good dog, sir, deserves a good bone.

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.

Cows are among the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them—and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures.

Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But they have no right to their life, because they do not will it.