George Eliot

Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.

I’ve never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them.

I at least have so much to do in unraveling certain human lots, and seeing how they were woven and interwoven, that all the light I can command must be concentrated on this particular web, and not dispersed over that tempting range of relevancies called the universe.

The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

The best augury of a man’s success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.

One dog barks at something. And a hundred dogs bark at the sound.

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

Don’t tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don’t tell them where they know the fish.

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can not get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.

The more I learn about people, the better I like my dog.

Are cats lazy? Well, more power to them if they are. Which one of us has not entertained the dream of doing just as he likes, when and how he likes, and as much as he likes?

Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really.

Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.

All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.

It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.

Don’t ever wrestle with a pig. You’ll both get dirty, but the pig will enjoy it.

Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.

I’d like to devote about three years to the elimination of the cow. There’s not reason in the world why the chemist can’t discover the cow’s secret of converting vegetation into dairy products. And there’s less reason why the chemist can’t do a better job of it after he learns how.

The more I know about people, the more I like dogs. I simply like animals.

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly.