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.

I was born to travel and write verse.

The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals

Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.

If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave.

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

Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living.