"If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is certain that the dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons." - James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
"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 a man." - Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
"A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down." - Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945)
"If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer." - Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)
"Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children." - William Penn (1644 - 1718)
"The more I see of men, the better I like dogs." - Madame de Stael (1766 - 1817)