“I would rather be the head of a fly than the tail of a lion.”
“I'd rather be the head of a fly than the tail of a lion.”
“I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.”
“He would say that God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but that he would sooner have had no tail and no flies.”
“It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.”
“A lady lion-tamer put her head in a lion's mouth last week, and he bit it off. If a lion attempted to put his head in my mouth I expect I would do the same.”