Looking back few friends had we
but I've got him and he's got me.
And when the golden minute comes
when we no longer wake to smell
the river where the wild swans sailed
the orchard where the blossoms fell,
we'll smile a little thinkin' of that.
Me in my shirt-tails, him with his whiskers
me and the cat.

Cats have it all - admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want it

Cats have it all - admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want it.

Once [a cat] has given its love, what absolute confidence, what fidelity of affection! It will make itself the companion of your hours of work, of loneliness, or of sadness. It will lie the whole evening on your knee, purring and happy in your society, and leaving the company of creatures of its own society to be with you.

I am not convinced the truth can make men free, but I believe it a beginning.

I felt that some of my work was OK. If I could do it over, I'd do better.