The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. (French Proverb)

Dogs have Owners, Cats have Staff.

The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. But he won't sit upon a cold stove lid, either. (Mark Twain)

If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way. (Mark Twain)

Your cat will never threaten your popularity by barking at three in the morning. He won't attack the mailman or eat the drapes, although he may climb the drapes to see how the room looks from the ceiling. =)

I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food, which they take for granted - but his or her entertainment value.

In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him. =)