- When a wolf bites you, never mind. What's annoying is if a sheep bites you. (Arthur Bloch)
- A shepherd counts his sheep: "one...two...three...four... hi, honey...six...seven..." (anonymous)
- When I go to bed I'm so relaxed that are the sheep to count me. (Daniele Turozzi)
- The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same. (Stendhal)