Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige (such as the butler, or the man under the bed - but never the husband).

Most of the faint intimations of immortality of which we are occasionally aware would seem to arise out of Art or the materials of Art.

A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.

I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.

A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.

It did not take Man long-probably not more than a hundred centuries-to discover that all the animals except the dog were impossible around the house. One has but to spend a few days with an aardvark or llama, command a water buffalo to sit up and beg or try to housebreak a moose, to perceive how wisely Man set about his process of elimination and selection.