It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it
catches mice.

It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it
catches mice.

A cat's got her own opinion of human beings. She don't say much, but you can tell enough to make read more

A cat's got her own opinion of human beings. She don't say much, but you can tell enough to make you anxious not to hear the whole of it.

Black cat or white cat, it's a good cat that catches the mice.

Black cat or white cat, it's a good cat that catches the mice.

Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is read more

Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.

It has been the providence of Nature to give this creature [the
cat] nine lives instead of one.

It has been the providence of Nature to give this creature [the
cat] nine lives instead of one.

The trouble with cats is that they've got no tact.

The trouble with cats is that they've got no tact.

Mrs. Crupp had indignantly assured him that there wasn't room to
swing a cat there; but as Mr. Dick read more

Mrs. Crupp had indignantly assured him that there wasn't room to
swing a cat there; but as Mr. Dick justly observed to me, sitting
down on the foot of the bed, nursing his leg, "You know,
Trotwood, I don't want to swing a cat. I never do swing a cat.
Therefore what does that signify to me?"

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what they want.

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what they want.

Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties.

Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties.