The more one comes to know men, the more one comes to admire the
dog.
[Lat., Plus on read more

The more one comes to know men, the more one comes to admire the
dog.
[Lat., Plus on apprend a connaltre l'homme, plus on apprend a
estimer le chien.]

We are two travellers, Roger and I.
Roger's my dog--come here, you scamp!
Jump for the gentleman--mind read more

We are two travellers, Roger and I.
Roger's my dog--come here, you scamp!
Jump for the gentleman--mind your eye!
Over the table,--look out for the lamp!
The rogue is growing a little old;
Five years we've tramped through wind and weather,
And slept out-doors when nights were cold,
And ate and drank and starved together.

To be, contents his natural desire,
He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire;
But thinks, admitted read more

To be, contents his natural desire,
He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire;
But thinks, admitted to that equal sky,
His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Go wiser thou! and in thy scale of sense
Weigh thy opinion against Providence.

Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. What puts man in a higher state of evolution is that he read more

Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. What puts man in a higher state of evolution is that he has got his laugh on the right end.

Gentlemen of the Jury: The one, absolute, unselfish friend that
man can have in this selfish world, the one read more

Gentlemen of the Jury: The one, absolute, unselfish friend that
man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts
him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his
dog.
- George Graham Vest, Eulogy on the Dog,

No animal should ever jump up on the dining room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own read more

No animal should ever jump up on the dining room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation."

On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh,
No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I;
read more

On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh,
No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I;
No harp like my own could so cheerily play,
And wherever I went was my poor dog Tray.

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as much as the dog does.

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as much as the dog does.

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal read more

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.