Accepting Quote by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

The cat is the only non-gregarious domestic animal. It is retained by its extra-ordinary adhesion to the comforts of the house in which it…

— Francis Galton

The cat is domestic only as far as suits its own ends...

— Hector Hugh Munro

The cat is the only animal without visible means of support who still manages to find a living in the city.

— Carl Van Vechten

No animal is a better judge of comfort than a cat.

— James Herriot

Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.

— James Herriot

In the matter of animals I love only cats, but I love them unreasonably for their qualities and in spite of their numerous faults.…

— Joris-Karl Huysmans

No tame animal has lost less of its native dignity or maintained more of its ancient reserve. The domestic cat might rebel tomorrow.

— William E. Conway, Jr

I value in the cat the independent and almost ungrateful spirit which prevents her from attaching herself to any one, the indifference with which…

— François-René de Chateaubriand

Cats are very affectionate. But you have to earn their love.

— James Bowen

A cat only has itself.

— V. S. Naipaul

A cat does not want all the world to love her -- only those she has chosen to love.

— Helen Thomson

The cat has complete emotional honesty - an attribute not often found in humans.

— Ernest Hemingway