Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate cat. (Mark Twain)
Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives. (Galsworthy)
It's one species I wouldn't mind seeing vanish from the face of the earth.I wish they were like the White rhino- six of them left in the Serengeti national park, and all males. (Alan Bennett)
