Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public.

No rural community, no suburban community, can ever possess the distinctive qualities that city dwellers have for centuries given to the world.

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 tourist may complain of other tourists; but he would be lost without them. He may find them in his way, taking up the best seats in the motors, and the best tables in the hotel dining-rooms; but he grows amazingly intimate with them during the voyage, and not infrequently marries one of them when it is over.

The vanity of man revolts from the serene indifference of the cat.

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

There is a natural limit to the success we wish our friends, even when we have spurred them on their way.