The graceful tear that streams for others' Man is the weeping animal born to govern all the rest.
Pliny the ElderTrue glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
Pliny the ElderThe largest land animal is the elephant, and it is the nearest to man in intelligence: it understands the language of its country and obeys orders, remembers duties that it has been taught, is pleased by affection and by marks of honour, nay more it possesses virtues rare even in man, honesty, wisdom, justice, also respect for the stars and reverence for the sun and moon.
Pliny the Elder