"Never scratch a tiger with a short stick."
-- Proverb

"People live like birds in the woods: When the time comes, each must take flight."
-- Chinese Proverb

"You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair."
-- Chinese Proverb

"Little by little, the camel goes into the couscous."
-- Moroccan Proverb

"One camel does not make fun of another camel's hump."
-- Ghanaian Proverb

"Bulls make money and bears make money, but hogs just get slaughtered."
-- American Proverb

"It is easier to make a camel jump a ditch than to make a fool listen to reason."
-- Kurdish Proverb

"Do not walk into a snake pit with your eyes open."
-- Somali Proverb

"Death is a black camel that lies down at every door. Sooner or later you must ride the camel."
-- Saudi Arabian Proverb

"The freshest fish smell after three days." (Don't wear out your welcome.)
-- Japanese Proverb
Source: Dog Hause Visitor Craig Goetzinger

"Even monkeys sometimes fall from trees." (Even Homer sometimes nods.)
-- Japanese Proverb
Source: Dog Hause Visitor Craig Goetzinger

"Handsome cats and fat dung heaps are the sign of a good farmer."
-- French proverb

"Beware of people who dislike cats."
-- Irish proverb

"Who cares well for cats will marry as happily as he or she could ever wish."
-- French proverb

"Don't change horses while crossing a stream."
-- American Proverb

"The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives."
-- Native American Proverb

"If you want to know what a tiger is like, look at a cat."
-- Hindu proverb

"A roaring lion kills no game."
-- African Proverb

"Do not give a hyena meat to look after."
-- African Proverb

"The cat's a saint when there are no mice about."
-- Japanese proverb

"Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun."
-- Indian Proverb

"A snake deserves no pity."
-- Yiddish Proverb

"Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas."
-- Italian Proverb

"Three things it is best to avoid: a strange dog, a flood, and a man who thinks he is wise."
-- Welsh Proverb

"Let every fox take care of his own tail."
-- Italian Proverb

"If you chase two rabbits, both will escape."
-- proverb (venue unknown)

"Show a dog a finger, and he wants the whole hand."
-- Yiddish Proverb

"Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake."
-- Persian Proverb

"When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him."
-- Hindu Proverb

"When spiders unite they can tie down a lion."
-- Ethiopian Proverb

"When the fox preaches, look to the geese."
-- German Proverb

"Fish or cut bait."
-- American Proverb

"Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries, and you will have a fine pig and a bad child."
-- Danish Proverb

"If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also."
-- Russian Proverb

"The cat is a lion to the mouse."
-- Albanian proverb

"A house without either a cat or a dog is the house of a scoundrel."
-- Portuguese Proverb

"One cannot know the grandeur of an elephant by looking at its tail."
-- African Proverb