Wolves

"It needs but slight provocation to make the wolf devour the lamb."

"It must be a hard winter when one wolf devours another."

"Lambs don't rush into the mouth of the sleeping wolf."

"Though you teach a wolf the paternoster, he will say: "Lamb! lamb!""

"Talk of the wolf and his tail appears."

"In a small pretence the wolf devours the sheep."

"Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood."

"When the wolf grows old, the crows ride him."

"An easy shepherd makes the wolf void wool."

"There's no showing the wolf to a bad dog."

"What the she-wolf does (brings forth) pleases the he-wolf."

"Whilst the dogs are growling at each other, the wolf devours the sheep."

"The wolf will die in his skin."

"Bad watch often feeds the wolf."

"'Tis a silly sheep that makes the wolf her confessor."

"Were it a wolf, it would spring at your throat."

"To hold the wolf by the ears."

"For wolf's flesh dog sauce."

"Once, long ago, there was one good mother-in-law, but a wolf ate her."

"If the wolf had stayed in the wood there would have been no hue and cry after him."

"For love the wolf eats the sheep."

"I will not bite any dog," says the shepherd's dog, "for I must save my teeth for the wolf."

"When the shepherd's quarrel, the wolf has a winning game."

"If the wolf would cease his running, the people would cease their shouting."

"There is never the cry of "Wolf!" but the wolf is in the distance."

"The wolf is not always a wolf."

"The wolf bemoans the sheep, and then eats it."

"The wolf is always said to be bigger than he is."

"Who makes the wolf his companion should carry a dog under his cloak."

"On a very small pretext the wolf seizes the sheep."

"Even counted sheep are eaten by the wolf."

"Who does not wish to be like the wolf let him not wear its skin."

"When you see the wolf, do not look for his track."

"He sets the wolf to guard the sheep."

"The wolf is always left out of the reckoning."

"All the sheep are not for the wolf."

"Patience! said the wolf to the ass."

"A wolf cannot be satisfied with sheep, a man is never satisfied with thoughts."

"Even a wolf will not harm his pal."

"A wolf makes a living by using his legs, a shepherd by his stick."

"A sheep cannot make friends with a wolf [nor] a poor man with a rich landowner."

"A donkey left with nobody to keep an eye on it is prey for the wolf."

"A wolf pup will never take the place of a dog no matter how much you feed it."

"A wolf worries about its belly and a sheep about its life."

"To put the blame on elders is the nature of the wolf."

"A male match maker plays with a female match maker, and a wolf plays with a lamb."

"From the entire flock, the wolf selects the poor man's only lamb."

"When wolves kill sheep, the dogs grow fat."

"A clumsy wolf will frighten the sheep away, a clumsy thief will be caught."

"All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel. …Think about it. There's escaping from the wolves, fighting the wolves, capturing the wolves, taming the wolves. Being thrown to the wolves, or throwing others to the wolves so the wolves will eat them instead of you. Running with the wolf pack. Turning into a wolf. Best of all, turning into the head wolf. No other decent stories exist."