The most fitting occupation for a civilized man is to do nothing.
Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel.
The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals
Once [a cat] has given its love, what absolute confidence, what fidelity of affection!
I was born to travel and write verse.
[A cat] will make itself the companion of your hours of work, of loneliness, or of sadness.