Animals awaken, first facially, then bodily. Mens bodies wake before their faces do. The animal sleeps within its body, man sleeps with his body in his mind. – Malcolm De Chazal

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

It often happens that a man is more humanely related to a cat or dog than to any human being. – Henry David Thoreau

There is in all animals a sense of duty that man condescends to call instinct. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com