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 have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.

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.

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

Who hears the fishes when they cry?

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

Life is no way to treat an animal.

There are some who, if a cat accidentally comes into the room, though they neither see it nor are told of it, will presently be in a sweat and ready to die away.

Who sleepeth with dogs shall rise with fleas.

Animals are good to think with.

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