It is scarcely possible to doubt that the love of man has become instinctive in the dog.

Blushing is the most peculiar and the most human of all expressions. Monkeys redden from passion, but it would require an overwhelming amount of evidence to make us believe that any animal could blush.

I always make special notes about evidence that contridicts me: supportive evidence I can remember without trying.

I feel like an old warhorse at the sound of a trumpet when I read about the capturing of rare beetles.

Jealousy was plainly exhibited when I fondled a large doll, and when I weighed his infant sister, he being then 15? months old. Seeing how strong a feeling of jealousy is in dogs, it would probably be exhibited by infants at any earlier age than just specified if they were tried in a fitting manner

On your life, underestimating the proclivities of finches is likely to lead to great internal hemorrhaging.

Hence, a traveller should be a botanist, for in all views plants form the chief embellishment.