Statements About Dogs.

The more I see of men, the more I like dogs.
        Madame de Stal (1766-1817)

Dogs come when they are called; cats take a message and get back to you.
        Mary Bly

He has all the characteristics of a dog -- except loyalty.
        Attributed to Sam Houston, referring to Thomas Jefferson
	Green_Harper Book of American Quotations.

The dog was created especially for children.  He is a god of frolic.
        Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)

A dog is a man's best friend. A cat is a cat's best friend.
        Robert J Vogel

A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.
        Ogden Nash (1902-1971)
        The Private Dining Room [1953]
        A Dog's Best Friend Is His Illiteracy

If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat
does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
        Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947)

I like a bit of a mongrel myself, whether it's a man or a dog; they're
the best for every day.
        George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
        Misalliance [1910], episode I

U.S. citizens and their dogs may have some of the most expensive urine
in the world.
        Carl A. Osborne, writing about American's obsession
        with taking vitamins in 'The Compendium North'

Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are
wonderful.
        Ann Landers

I have known dogs, especially puppies, who were almost
as stupid as humans in their mental reactions.
        Robert Benchley (1889-1945)

If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it as hard
to get along with them as we do with people.
        Karel Capek