There are no ordinary cats.

Perhaps the only misplaced curiosity is that which persists in trying to find out here, on this side of death, what lies beyond the grave.

A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade with the men...

What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.

Truffles must come to the table in their own stock and as you break open this jewel sprung from a poverty-stricken soil, imagine - if you have never visited it - the desolate kingdom where it rules.

On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of them tempts us - ah! what a dream, to live in that! - the other stifles us at the first breath.