"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
"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