"Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave to the leash. That is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat"---Mark Twain
"When I play with my cat, who knows if I am a pastime to her more than she is to me?"---Montaigne
"A cat has absolutely emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another may hide their feelings, but a cat does not"----Ernest Hemingway ( BTW, the descendents of EH's cats are all over Key West---most are polytactyls)
"The smallest feline is a masterpiece"---Leonardo da Vinci
"If you want to know the character of a man, find out what his cat thinks of him"----Anonymous