A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.
Dogs Quotes
Sir, a woman’s preaching is like a dog’s walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.
To be sure, the dog is loyal. But why, on that account, should we take him as an example? He is loyal to man, not to other dogs.
The fidelity of a Dog is a precious gift, demanding no less binding moral responsibilities than the friendship of a Human Being. The bond with a True Dog is as lasting as the ties of this Earth will ever be.
I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.
Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves.
Action can have no effect upon reasonable minds. It may augment noise, but it never can enforce argument. If you speak to a dog, you use action; you hold up your hand thus, because he is a brute; and in proportion as men are removed from brutes, action will have the less influence on them.
Jealousy is a dog’s bark which attracts thieves.
Scratch a dog and you’ll find a permanent job.
Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring – it was peace.
