Once [a cat] has given its love, what absolute confidence, what fidelity of affection!

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.

It was the forest’s fault. Those two handsome woodcutters. An evil place, the forest, everyone knew it, full of temptations and imps...

If you can't go back to your mother's womb, you'd better learn to be a good fighter.

I think I was able to talk to people about values in ways that people - in ways that resonated with folks.

Can you know the mighty ocean? Can you lasso a star from the sky? Can you say to a rainbow... 'Hey, stop being a rainbow for a second'? No! Such is Mango!

God can and will break the labels that have held you hostage.

You learn from mistakes, but Shakespeare is one big non mistake isn't he? He just got everything right really.

Having a similar outlook on life is the central key for long-term sustainability in any love relationship.

Promise to be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit trouble to press on you.

All this stuff is kind of surreal to me - Ididn't think I'd be in the league or none of that. It was making it to college. That's about it.

First our pleasures die - and then our hopes, and then our fears - and when these are dead, the debt is due dust claims dust - and we die too.