The smallest feline is a masterpiece -- Leonardo da Vinci

Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat -- Mark Twain

A kitten is so flexible that she is almost double; the hind parts are equivalent to another kitten with which the forepart plays. She does not discover that her tail belongs to her until you tread on it -- Henry David Thoreau

Confront a child, a puppy, and a kitten with a sudden danger; the child will turn instrinctively for assistance, the puppy will grovel in abject submission...the kitten will brace its tiny body for a frantic resistance -- Saki

If stretching were wealth, the cat would be rich -- African Proverb

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul -- Jean Cocteau

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat -- Jules Reynard

Most beds sleep up to six cats. Ten cats without the owner -- Stephen Baker

All right, said the cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone -- Lewis Carroll, Alice In Wonderland

To please himself only, the cat purrs -- Irish Proverb

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives -- Mark Twain

The really great thing about cats is their endless variety. One can pick a cat to fit almost any kind of decor, colour, scheme, income, personality, mood. But under the fur, whatever the colour may be, there still lies, essentially unchanged, one of the world's free souls -- Eric Gurney

In a cat's eyes, all things belong to the cat -- English Proverb

Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those to do spoil them -- Sir Compton MacKenzie

If you want to know the character of a man, find out what his cat thinks of him -- Anonymous

People with insufficient personalities are fond of cats. These people adore being ignored -- Henry Morgan

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods, they have forgotten this -- Unknown

As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human mind -- Cleveland Amory

I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior -- Hippolyte Taine

God gave man the cat in order that he might have the pleasure of caressing a tiger -- Proverb

Two things are aesthetically perfect in the world --the clock and the cat -- Emile Auguste Chartier

Like a graceful vase a cat even when motionless seems to flow -- George F. Will

We cannot without becoming cats, perfectly understand the cat mind -- St. George Mivart

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: MUSIC & CATS -- Dr. Albert Schweitzer

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia -- Joseph Wood Krutch

Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of worthless human lives." -- Albert Schweitzer

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated -- Gandhi

If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.-- St. Francis of Assisi