It is gentle manners which prove so irresistible in women.
Books follow morals, and not morals books.
Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.
It is a difficult matter to gain the affection of a cat. He is a philosophical, methodical animal, tenacious of his own habits, fond of order and neatness, and disinclined to extravagant sentiment. He will be your friend, if he finds you worthy of friendship, but not your slave.
The cat is a dilettante in fur.
[Great artists] do not copy what they see, but what they desire.