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.

How like to us is that filthy beast the ape.

In every man is a wild beast; most of them don’t know how to hold it back, and the majority give it full rein when they are not restrained by terror of law.

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

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

Who hears the fishes when they cry?

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

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. 

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

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.

Man is no man, but a wolf, to a stranger.

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

Imitate the ass in his love to his master.