A good dog, sir, deserves a good bone.

The fox knows lots of tricks, the hedgehog only one—but it’s a winner.

If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail.

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.

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.

Animals are good to think with.

Happiness is a warm puppy.

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

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.

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

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

Imitate the ass in his love to his master.

What delight can there be, and not rather displeasure, in hearing the barking and howling of dogs? Or what greater pleasure is there to be felt when a dog followeth a hare than when a dog followeth a dog?