A cat may look like a king.

A cat may look like a king.

Cat: A pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.

Cat: A pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.

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.

If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on read more

If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?

Cats are the ultimate narcissists. You can tell this because of all the time they spend on personal grooming. Dogs read more

Cats are the ultimate narcissists. You can tell this because of all the time they spend on personal grooming. Dogs aren't like this. A dog's idea of personal grooming is to roll in a dead fish.

Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties.

Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties.

The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. But he read more

The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. But he won't sit upon a cold stove lid, either.

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.

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.