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.

Lauk! what a monstrous tail our cat has got!

Lauk! what a monstrous tail our cat has got!

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods, they have never forgotten this.

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods, they have never forgotten this.

It is with the approach of winter that cats... wear their richest fur and assume an air of sumptuous and read more

It is with the approach of winter that cats... wear their richest fur and assume an air of sumptuous and delightful opulence.

There are two means of refuge from the misery of life -- music and cats.

There are two means of refuge from the misery of life -- music and cats.

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.

What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing about the origin and destiny of cats?

What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing about the origin and destiny of cats?

Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety-valve device for dealing with happiness overflow.

Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety-valve device for dealing with happiness overflow.

Cats were put into the world to disprove the dogma that all things were created to serve man.

Cats were put into the world to disprove the dogma that all things were created to serve man.