The Ass

Grasshopper to Ass
"The dew." ~ The Ass and the Grasshopper

Ass
"I have brought it all on myself! Why could I not have been contented to labor with my companions, and not wish to be idle all the day like that useless little Lapdog !" ~ The Ass and the Lapdog

Lion to Ass
"I will take the first share," he said, "because I am King: and the second share, as a partner with you in the chase: and the third share (believe me) will be a source of great evil to you, unless you willingly resign it to me, and set off as fast as you can." ~ The Wild Ass and the Lion

Ass to Owner
"Why, I saw the Monkey do this very thing yesterday, and you all laughed heartily, as if it afforded you very great amusement." ~ The Playful Ass

Driver to Ass
"O you perverse dull-head! it is not yet come to this, that men pay worship to an Ass." ~ The Ass Carrying the Image

Ass
"It would have been better for me to have been either starved by the one, or to have been overworked by the other of my former masters, than to have been bought by my present owner, who will even after I am dead tan my hide, and make me useful to him." ~ The Ass and His Masters

Frog to Ass
"What would you do if you had to live here always as we do, when you make such a fuss about a mere fall into the water?" ~ The Ass and the Frogs

Ass to Shepherd
"Why should I, pray? Do you think it likely the conqueror will place on me two sets of panniers?" ~ The Ass and the Old Shepherd

Shepherd to Ass
"No," ~ The Ass and the Old Shepherd

Ass to Shepherd
"Then," said the Ass, "as long as I carry the panniers, what matters it to me whom I serve?" ~ The Ass and the Old Shepherd

Goat to Ass
"How shamefully you are treated: at one time grinding in the mill, and at another carrying heavy burdens" ~ The Goat and the Ass

Horse to Ass
"Hardly," said the Horse , "can I resist kicking you with my heels." ~ The Horse and the Ass

Ass to Horse
"Where, O boaster, are now all thy gay trappings, thou who are thyself reduced to the condition you so lately treated with contempt?" ~ The Horse and the Ass

Fox to Ass
"I might possibly have been frightened myself, if I had not heard your bray." ~ The Ass in the Lion's Skin

Horse to Ass
"Yes," said the Horse; "if any remains out of what I am now eating I will give it you for the sake of my own superior dignity, and if you will come when I reach my own stall in the evening, I will give you a little sack full of barley." ~ The Ass and the Horse

Ass to Horse
"Thank you. But I can't think that you, who refuse me a little matter now, will by and by confer on me a greater benefit." ~ The Ass and the Horse

Man to Ass
"Conquer, but conquer to your cost." ~ The Ass and His Driver