"A dog which is not in its home-town does not bark." ~~ Samuel Joseph Agnon
"The worst dog gets the best bone." ~~ Isaac Leibush Peretz
"You don’t put the cat in charge of the cream." ~~ Yiddish Proverb
"No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation. " ~~ Fran Lebowitz
"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