Animals are such agreeable friends--
they ask no questions,
they pass no criticisms.
- George Eliot

There is no psychiatrist in the world
like a puppy licking your face.
                                                                   ~Ben Williams

It is impossible to keep a straight face
in the presence of one or more kittens.
- - - Cynthia E. Varnado

We long for an affection altogether
ignorant of our faults. 
Heaven has accorded this to us
in the uncritical canine attachment. 
~George Eliot                                                         

       “Thorns may hurt you, men desert you, 
         sunlight turn to fog; but you’re never
         friendless ever, if you have a dog.”