“Cats ask plainly for what they want.”

“Cats, like men, are flatterers.”

“When a cat flatters ... he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness.”

“What is reading but silent conversation.”

“Death stands above me,Whispering low I know not what into my ear. ”

“Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.”

“We must not indulge in unfavorable views of mankind, since by doing it we make bad men believe they are no worse than others, and we teach the good that they are good in vain.”