A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.
There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.
No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.
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 man.
The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.
To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.
A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
Whoever said you can't buy Happiness forgot little puppies.
Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.
If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion. Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage.
Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.
Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent.
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