The cat seldom interferes with other people's rights. His intelligence keeps him from doing many of the fool things that complicate life.

...with a cat you stand on much the same footing that you stand with a fine and dignified friend; if you forfeit his respect and confidence the relationship suffers. The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.

Cats have gnosis to a degree that is granted to few bishops.

A cat is never vulgar.

A thing of beauty is a boy forever.

The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.

One meets the cat in nearly all forms of art...curiously enough she is not a conspicuous figure in Roman or Greek art.