“Cats, like men, are flatterers.”

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

“Cats ask plainly for what they want.”

“Many laws as certainly make bad men, as bad men make many laws.”

“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.”

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

“What is reading but silent conversation.”