657  Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail

1328  A dog will make eye contact. A cat will, too, but a cat’s eyes don’t even look entirely warm-blooded to me, whereas a dog’s eyes look human except less guarded. A dog will look at you as if to say, ‘What do you want me to do for you? I’ll do anything for you.’ Whether a dog can in fact, do anything for you if you don’t have sheep [I never have] is another matter. The dog is willing

1157  If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man

1320  The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too

1152  Cats choose us; we don’t own them