Pet Quotations | Page 6

I know well enough that there have been dogs so loving that they have thrown themselves into the same grave with the dead bodies of their masters; others have stayed upon their masters' graves without stirring a moment from them, and have voluntarily starved themselves to death, refusing to touch the food that was brought them.

When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.

Here, Gentlemen, a dog teaches us a lesson in humanity.

Miracle is the pet child of faith.

If all the world Should in a pet of temp'rance, feed on pulse, Drink the clear stream, and nothing wear but frieze, Th' All-giver would be unthank'd, would be unprais'd.

We must leave our pets at home, when we go into the street, and meet men on broad grounds of good meaning and good sense.

Sitting back in the evening, stargazing and stroking your dog, is an infallible remedy.

Government restrictions are attractive to people who want to impose their pet notions without having to count the costs.

There are few things sweeter in this world than the guileless, hotheaded, intemperate, open admiration of a junior. Even a woman in her blindest devotion does not fall into the gait of the man she adores, tilt her bonnet to the angle at which he wears his hat, or interlard her speech with his pet oaths.

Why don't somebody print the truth about our present economic situation? We spent six years of wild buying on credit - everything under the sun, whether we needed it or not - and now we are having to pay for 'em, and we are howling like a pet coon.

...he will be our friend for always and always and always.