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

There are ... two kinds of people in this world, those who long to be understood and those who long to be misunderstood. It is the irony of life that neither is gratified.

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

Cleanliness in the cat world is usually a virtue put above godliness.

Cats seldom make mistakes, and they never make the same mistake twice.

As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.

...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.