Charley is a mind-reading dog. There have been many trips in his lifetime, and often he has to be left at home. He knows we are going long before the suitcase has come out, and he paces and worries and whines and goes into a state of mild hysteria, old as he is.

There is one respect in which brutes show real wisdom when compared with us-I mean their quiet, placid enjoyment of the present moment.

There is nothing like a man for bringing out the animal in an animal.

A real dog, beloved and therefore pampered by his mistress, is a lamentable spectacle. He suffers from fatty degeneration of his moral being.

Which of us has not been stunned by the beauty of an animal's skin or its flexibility in motion?

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.

The cow crunching with depressed head surpasses any statue, And a mouse is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels.

The cat is never vulgar.

My favorite animal is the mule. He has more horse sense than a horse. He knows when to stop eating-and he knows when to stop working.

Dogs live with man as courtiers round a monarch, steeped in the flattery of his notice and enriched with sinecures. To push their favor in this world of pickings and caresses is, perhaps, the business of their lives; and their joys may lie outside.

I need a dog pretty badly. I dreamed of dogs last night. They sat in a circle and looked at me and I wanted all of them.

One, but that one a lion.

I never saw a wild thing Sorry for itself.

Animals are such agreeable friends-they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

When you see a snake, never mind where he came from.

The wolf will hire himself out very cheaply as a shepherd.

Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals, love them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more.

On the Continent stray cats are judged individually on their merit-some are loved, some are only respected; in England they are universally worshipped as in ancient Egypt.

A dog gets lonesome just like a human. He wants to associate with other dogs, but when they take him out, the poor dog is on a leash and cannot run around.

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.