A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.
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.
There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.
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.
I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.
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.
A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.
I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.
I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
No matter how little money and how few possesions you own, having a dog makes you rich.
Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.
If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.
Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear.
Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.
If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
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