Sometimes he will sit on the carpet in front of you, looking at you with eyes so melting, so caressing and so human, that they almost frighten you, for it is impossible to believe that a soul is not there.

White men should exhibit the same insensibility to moral tortures that red men do to physical torments.

Sooner barbarity than boredom.

I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity.

The cat is a dilettante in fur.

Good heavens! what a foolish thing is this pretended perfectibility of the human race which is continually being dinned into our ears!

Sometimes he sits at your feet looking into your face with an expression so gentle and caressing that the depth of his gaze startles you.