. . . judiciously show a cat milk, if you wish her to thirst for it. Judiciously show a dog his natural prey, if you wish him to bring it down one day.

The essence of faith … is the idea that that which man wishes actually is: he wishes to be immortal, therefore he is immortal; he wishes for the existence of a being who can do everything which is impossible to Nature and reason, therefore such a being exists[.]

What greater gift than the love of a cat?

I wish you could make a friend of me, Lizzie. Do you think you could? I have no more of what they call character, my dear, than a canary-bird, but I know I am trustworthy.

Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs.

Every dog and cat in the neighborhood is getting killed one-by-one, and it's really not an exaggeration, ... They've gotten all the chickens and a dog behind my house. Some of the people here are retired, and their animals are like their kids.