I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

The word poet literally means maker: anything which is not well made doesn't exist.

Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.

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

Fortune loves to give bedroom slippers to people with wooden legs, and gloves to those with no hands.

[A cat] will make itself the companion of your hours of work, of loneliness, or of sadness.

[A cat] will lie the whole evening on your knee, purring and happy in your society.