People can be a fine substitute for other dogs. But I think that if they had to choose, dogs by and large would choose the company of other dogs.

In truth, most of us don't know our cats.

Dogs who chase cars evidently see them as large, unruly ungulates badly in need of discipline and shepherding.

No cat purrs unless someone is around to listen.

As the cherub is to the angel, so the cat is to the tiger.

People can be a fine substitute for other dogs. But I think that if they had to choose, dogs by and large would choose the company of other dogs.

I saw that animals were important. I saw that plants were even more important. I was also to learn that compared to many of the other species, we weren't important at all except for the damage we do. We do not rule the natural world, despite our conspicuous position in it. On the contrary, it is our lifeline, and we do well to try to understand its rules.