It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.
The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals
No one is truly dead until they are no longer loved.
To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.
Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.
Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.
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 most fitting occupation for a civilized man is to do nothing.
Our busy age does not always have time to read, but it always has time to look.
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.
When we love - we grow
Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.
Brevity never fatigues; therefore, brevity is always a welcome guest.
It is gentle manners which prove so irresistible in women.
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
The cat makes himself the companion of your hours of solitude, melancholy and toil.
With all women gentleness is the most persuasive and powerful argument.
The arts teach and moralise by their beauty alone, not by translating a philosophical or social formula. For the truly artistic person, painting has itself as it's purpose, which is quite enough.
Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!
Modesty was made for the ugly.
Fortune loves to give bedroom slippers to people with wooden legs, and gloves to those with no hands.
If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave.
Books follow morals, and not morals books.
Only that which serves no end is beautiful; everything useful is ugly.
Literature has nothing to do with usefulness; the most useful place in any house is the toilet.
