If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.

If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.

Every dog has his day - but the nights are reserved for the cats

Every dog has his day - but the nights are reserved for the cats

Lauk! what a monstrous tail our cat has got!

Lauk! what a monstrous tail our cat has got!

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 is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place read more

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.

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.

Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!

Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!

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?"

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

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