If health and a fair day smile upon me, I am a very good fellow; if a corn trouble my toe, I am sullen, out of humor, and inaccessible.

There is indeed a certain sense of gratification when we do a good deed that gives us inward satisfaction, and a generous pride that accompanies a good conscience…These testimonies of a good conscience are pleasant; and such a natural pleasure is very beneficial to us; it is the only payment that can never fail. “On Repentance

Let us a little permit nature to take her own way; she better understands her own affairs than we.

Scratching is one of nature's sweetest gratifications, and nearest at hand.

Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.

When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.

Friendship is a creature formed for a companionship not for a herd.