[a Cat] Will Make Itself The Companion

The Cat Makes Himself The Companion Of Your Hours Of Solitude, Melancholy And Toil.

Good Heavens! What A Foolish Thing Is This Pretended Perfectibility Of The Human Race Which Is Continually Being Dinned Into Our Ears!

To Extract Beauty From One's Own Milieu Is One Of The Most Difficult Tasks Of Art.

The Most Fitting Occupation For A Civilized Man Is To Do Nothing.

There Is Nothing Truly Beautiful But That Which Can Never Be Of Any Use Whatsoever; Everything Useful Is Ugly, For It Is The Expression Of Some Need, And Man's Needs Are Ignoble And Disgusting Like His Own Poor And Infirm Nature. The Most Useful Place In A House Is The Water-closet.