Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them.

A person who has a cat by the tail knows a whole lot more about cats than someone who has just read about them.

It is better to be alone than unwelcome. - Eve

You can't throw too much style into a miracle.

It is easy to make plans in this world; even a cat can do it; and when one is out in those remote oceans it is noticeable that a cat's plans and a man's are worth about the same. There is much the same shrinkage in both, in the matter of values.

The signs of excessive indulgence in this destructive pastime are easily detectable. They are these: A disposition to eat, to drink, to smoke, to meet together convivially, to laugh, to joke, and tell indelicate stories— and mainly, a yearning to paint pictures.

He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the cabbages.