It is gentle manners which prove so irresistible in women.

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.

Just like a flower, you are a creation of unique beauty from the one essence of life.

Last time I saw her, she was peeking out from one of the bookcases next to the fireplace. She's the first cat I've ever seen trying to pretend she's a condensed version of War and Peace.

When things become insurmountable, some people quit, some keep goingfor no other reason than to continue. Because that’s all there is to do.

Your success story is a bigger story than whatever you're trying to say on stage. Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier.

The sight or sound of perfect things causes a certain suffering.

The one thing that reconciles me to the fact of being a woman is the reflection that it delivers me from the necessity of being married to one.

When you change the way you look at a thing, the thing itself changes...By mastering feelings, she had come to understand the meaning of discipline and its reward: freedom and power.

If you're trying to be hip, be hip.

I think my power comes from my hands.

I'm not single, I'm just wait for my girlfriend to quit playing hide and seek.