"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
"A dog knows exactly when its master is angry. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik
"I had rather dwell with a lion and a dragon than keep house with a wicked woman." ~~ Ben Sira 25:16
"The elephant is frightened of the gnat." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"Whoso casts a stone at a bird will frighten it away; and whoso abuses a friend will estrange affection." ~~ Ben Sira 22:23
"You cannot make a dog into a lion. " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) R.
"A scholar who abandons study is like ‘a bird that strays from the nest.’" ~~ Talmud, Chagigah
"The king of birds is the eagle." ~~ Talmud, Chagigah
"Not everyone who is not a wolf must be a lamb." ~~ Moshe Leib Lilienblum
"Who breeds an unruly dog in his house keeps kindness away." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"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