The cat dwells within the circle of her own secret thoughts.

It is not depravity that afflicts the human race so much as a general lack of intelligence.

There is no liberal education for the under-languaged.

whereas the dog strives to lessen the distance between himself and man, seeks ever to be intelligent and intelligible, and translates into looks and actions the words he cannot speak, the cat dwells within the circle of her own secret thoughts.

the tea-hour is the hour of peace ... strife is lost in the hissing of the kettle - a tranquilizing sound, second only to the purring of a cat.

Philadelphians are every whit as mediocre as their neighbors, but they seldom encourage each other in mediocrity by giving it a more agreeable name.

While art may instruct as well as please, it can nevertheless be true art without instructing, but not without pleasing.