A cat is never vulgar.

Is a little experience too much to pay for learning to know oneself?

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.

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

The cat is the only animal without visible means of support who still manages to find a living in the city.

...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.

Catnip is vodka and whisky to most cats.