"A giant feels the sting of a bee." ~~ Immanuel of Rome
"Go to the ant, you sluggard, consider her ways and be wise!" ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 6:6
"Grasp not the horns of a powerful ox!" ~~ Hai Gaon
"A bird you set free you may catch again, but a word that escapes your lips will not return. " ~~ Mishle Yehoshua
"Two dogs were bad friends. One day the wolf attacked one of them. Quoth the other: “If I do not help him today, the wolf will destroy him and tomorrow attack me.” So they joined forces and killed the wolf." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin
"One should not rear a vicious dog in one’s home. " ~~ Talmud, Ketubot
"Why is Israel like a dove? Other birds, when tired, rest on a branch; but when the dove tires, she rests one wing and flies with the other." ~~ Midrash Genesis R. 39:10
"You should not train a dog unless it is fastened by a chain." ~~ Talmud, Bava Qamma
"A snake or scorpion never bit anyone in Jerusalem and a person never said to his fellow there is not enough room for me to sleep in Jerusalem. " ~~ Talmud, Yoma 21a
"When dogs howl, the Angel of Death is in town; when they play, the prophet Elijah is." ~~ Talmud, Bava Qamma
"Whoso casts a stone at a bird will frighten it away; and whoso abuses a friend will estrange affection." ~~ Ben Sira 22:23
"It is only cats that “meow” and wail, lions roar. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik