“Even the stupidest cat seems to know more than any dog.”
“It often happens that a human is more humanely related to a cat or dog than to any human being.”
“People keep a dog and are ruled by this dog, and even Schopenhauer was ruled in the end not by his head, but by his dog. This fact is more depressing than any other.”
“You seem to forget, Dickon, that we are dealing with the Spider King. Louis realized, just as you have, that it would take more to mate dog to cat than a shared lust for the English crown.”
“Everyone should have two or three hives of bees. Bees are easier to keep than a dog or a cat. They are more interesting than gerbils.”
“It's funny how dogs and cats know the inside of folks better than other folks do, isn't it?”