We hounds killed the hare, quoth the lapdog. [ Proverb ]

To hold with the hare, and run with the hounds. [ Proverb ]

What is one pound of butter among a kennel of hounds? [ Proverb ]

Passionate men like fleet hounds are apt to over-run the scent. [ Proverb ]

Those who start for human glory, like the mettled hounds of Actaeon, must pursue the game not only where there is a path, but where there is none. They must be able to simulate and dissimulate; to leap and to creep; to conquer the earth like Caesar, or to fall down and kiss it like Brutus; to throw their sword like Brennus into the trembling scale, or, like Nelson, to snatch the laurels from the doubtful hand of Victory, while she is hesitating where to bestow them. [ Colton ]