Books follow morals, and not morals books.
No one is truly dead until they are no longer loved.
[A cat] will make itself the companion of your hours of work, of loneliness, or of sadness.
Yes I have loved, as no one on earth ever loved, with an insensate and furious love, so violent that I wonder it did not break my heart
Brevity never fatigues; therefore, brevity is always a welcome guest.
Once [a cat] has given its love, what absolute confidence, what fidelity of affection!