"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
"When dogs howl, the Angel of Death is in town; when they play, the prophet Elijah is." ~~ Talmud, Bava Qamma
"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 dog knows exactly when its master is angry. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik
"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
"Whoso casts a stone at a bird will frighten it away; and whoso abuses a friend will estrange affection." ~~ Ben Sira 22:23
"A scholar who abandons study is like ‘a bird that strays from the nest.’" ~~ Talmud, Chagigah
"One should not rear a vicious dog in one’s home. " ~~ Talmud, Ketubot
"You don’t put the cat in charge of the cream." ~~ Yiddish Proverb
"Not everyone who is not a wolf must be a lamb." ~~ Moshe Leib Lilienblum
"If a wolf comes to kill you, you are not bound to pat its back." ~~ Samuel Joseph Agnon