Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another.

When a cat flatters ... he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.

Cats ask plainly for what they want.

What is reading but silent conversation.