Animals

Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg

The eagle never lost so much time, as when he submitted to learn of the crow

When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When he behaves like a beast, he says 'After all, I'm only human.'

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs

The day is done, and the darkness, falls from the wings of night, as a feather is wafted downward, from an eagle in his flight

Man may be considered as a superior species of animal that produces philosophies and poems in about the same way a silkworm produces their cocoons and bees their hives

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man

Barking dogs seldom bite

Don’t count the chickens before they are hatched

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

It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead - these the living

The boundary between civilization and barbarism is difficult to draw: put one ring in your nose and you are a savage, put two rings in your ears and you are civilized.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass

As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys

The most accomplished monkey cannot draw a monkey, this only man can do; just as it is also only man who regards his ability to do this as a distinct merit