It is as if Gaia has said to the cats: Here, my beauties-- the information you need in order to hunt, mate, fight, yowl, be cautious, raise children, is safely packed in the back of your brains. Save your forebrains for whatever creative inventions may strike you; use your wits to amuse yourselves and me. Elizabeth Thomas Cats know not how to pardon. Jean de la Fontaine A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. Indian Saying Kittens believe that all nature is occupied with their diversion. Paradis de Moncreif To please himself only the cat purrs. Irish Saying When we look again at the forest, we may see cats looking back. Candace Savage Lions are animals of the sun, leopards seem to be of the moon. Though both hunt by night, the lion has always been associated with myths of the sun; he is shining and radiant; his mane frames him as the sun's rays. The leopard's coat is like the dapple of firelight and dark on the forest floor, his eyes are the pale gold of the hunter's moon. Evelyn Ames Nothing's more playful than a young cat, nor more grave than an old one. Thomas Fuller A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatsoever, and generally stopping before it gets there. Agnes Repplier If he is comic, it is only because of the incongruity of so demure a look and so wild a heart. Alan Devoe