I wish to reproduce things as they are or as they would be even if I myself did not exist.

I've met many thinkers and many cats, but the wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.

For thirty centuries, from her sacred seat the cat looked down, and crouching at her feet, beheld the race of conquering Pharaohs kneel.

Change a virtue in its circumstances find it becomes a vice; change a vice in its circumstances, and it becomes a virtue. Regard the same quality from two sides; on one it is a fault, on the other a merit. The essential of a man is found concealed far below these moral badges.

The search for causes must come after the collection of facts.

We study ourselves three weeks, we love each other three months, we squabble three years, we tolerate each other thirty years, and then the children start all over again.

Four varieties in society: lovers, the ambitious, observers, and fools. The fools are the happiest.