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

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.

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.

Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.

I know that you’re worried about me, but crushing my lungs isn’t going to help anyone.

It is only when we pray for something according to the will of God that we have the promise of being heard and answered.

Seize opportunity by the beard for it is bald behind.

Improvisation is the courage to move from one note to the next.

A mother's sorrow is more true, honorable, and beautiful than the detachment of the sage.

Ye must leave righteous ways behind, not to speak of unrighteous ways.

It was not so very long ago that people thought that semiconductors were part-time orchestra leaders and microchips were very small snack foods.

Landing the airplane I think is the most difficult thing that I've every learned to do in my life.

Great corporations exist only because they are created and safeguarded by our institutions; and it is therefore our right and duty to see that they work in harmony with these institutions.

I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside.