If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat. Mark Twain
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. Mark Twain
Man is the only man that blushes. Or needs to. Mark Twain
A chronic disposition to inquiry deprives domestic felines of vital qualities. Unknown
Cats are like Baptists. They raise hell but you can't catch them at it. Unknown
O to be self balanced for contingencies! O to confront night, storms, hunger, ridicule, accidents, rebuffs as trees and animals do! Walt Whitman
I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained. Walt Whitman
Curiosity killed the cat, but for awhile I was a suspect. Steven Wright