Sooner Barbarity Than Boredom.

I Was Born To Travel And Write Verse.

It Is Difficult To Obtain The Friendship Of A Cat. It Is A Philosophical Animal... One That Does Not Place Its Affections Thoughtlessly.

White Men Should Exhibit The Same Insensibility To Moral Tortures That Red Men Do To Physical Torments.

It Is A Difficult Matter To Gain The Affection Of A Cat. He Is A Philosophical, Methodical Animal, Tenacious Of His Own Habits, Fond Of Order And Neatness, And Disinclined To Extravagant Sentiment. He Will Be Your Friend, If He Finds You Worthy Of Friendship, But Not Your Slave.

The Years I Have Squandered In Puerile Excitement, In Going Hither And Thither, In Seeking To Force Nature And Time, I Ought To Have Spent In Solitude And Meditation, In Endeavoring To Make Myself Worthy Of Being Loved.