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

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.

Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.

Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!

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

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.

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.

The most fitting occupation for a civilized man is to do nothing.

Modesty was made for the ugly.

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

Has it never struck you that a man who does next to nothing but hears men's real sins is not likely to be wholly unaware of human evil?

Ever hear a song you love so much you wanna break sh*t?

The sovereigns of the earth do not always grant audience readily; on the contrary, the King of Heaven, hidden under the eucharistic veils, is ready to receive anyone.

All men are idolators, some of fame, others of self-interest, most of pleasure.

Many an article that I myself penned twenty years ago impresses me now as something quite foreign to myself.

We survived a Slayer crowd every night for about 50 days and thought we could do about anything after that.

If I have something and move forward, it is only my weakness, which I hate and turn into my strength. You are not lost as long as you do not give up!

Intellectual slavery, of whatever nature it may be, will always have as a natural result both political and social slavery.

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

We got a right to climb out of the sewer and live like other people. We could start from scratch. Make every minute count twice for the one we lost.