Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.
The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal – or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be.
Cats are a tonic, they are a laugh, they are a cuddle, they are at least pretty just about all of the time and beautiful some of the time.
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.
I love cats because I enjoy my home, and little by little, they become its visible soul.
I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.

Cats are a mysterious kind of folk. There is more passing in their minds than we are aware of.
A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.
A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings.