A Familiar Cat

Good Intentions

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

--Proverb

A Loathsome Combination

"Church and State are a loathsome combination."

--Thomas Jefferson

Manners

"It is possible for a man wholly to disappear

and be merged in his manners."

--Henry David Thoreau

A Fool

A fool believes everything.

--Proverb

Two Wrongs

Two wrongs do not make a right.

--Proverb

Health

Health is better than wealth.

--Proverb

What You Preach

Practise what you preach.

--Proverb

Gifts

"Gifts much expected,

are paid, not given."

--Benjamin Franklin

Everyone

"Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side

which he never shows to anybody."

--MARK TWAIN

The Unexamined Life

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

--Socrates

Benefits

Benefits make a man a slave.

--Proverb

Infallible

No man is infallible.

--Proverb

Day After Tomorrow

"Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow."

--MARK TWAIN

Autumn Harvest

I started collecting acorns in early September, and this year's acorn harvest was huge, beyond anything I ever imagined. If these acorns had been pecans, I would have enough collected nuts to make more than a dozen pecan pies for Thanksgiving. But I am sure the bountiful acorn crop was appreciated by the black bears and squirrels this year. And every now and then, even Rebel treats himself to an acorn or two.

Only Reward

"The only reward of virtue is virtue;

the only way to have a friend is to be one."

--Ralph Waldo Emerson

There's Hope

While there's life there's hope.

--Proverb

Full Value from Joy

"Grief can take care of itself,

but to get the full value from joy

you must have somebody to divide it with."

--MARK TWAIN

Highest Perfection of Politeness

"The highest perfection of politeness is only a beautiful edifice, built, from the base to the dome, of ungraceful and gilded forms of charitable and unselfish lying."--MARK TWAIN

The Eyes of Friendship

Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.

--Proverb

Laughter

Laughter is the best medicine.

--Proverb

Emma and Yoda

Contrary to what I had heard regarding adult male cats and kittens, Yoda was great with Ginny's kittens, who were introduced to the other feline members of the household at approximately three months of age. Emma took to Yoda immediately, and the large black cat enjoyed grooming the kittens, as if they were his own.

Yoda and Locksley

Aside from Rebel and myself, Yoda was the first member of this household who officially welcomed Locksley into the family. And they quickly became good buddies.

Hypocrisy

"Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible."

--John Milton

Live Well

"Wish not so much to live long, as to live well."

--Benjamin Franklin

Boring Me

"Somebody's boring me...

I think it's me."

--Dylan Thomas

Appellation of Friendship

"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation."--George Washington

A Compliment

"You must not pay a person a compliment,

and then straightway follow it with a criticism."

--MARK TWAIN

Black Sheep

There's a black sheep in every flock.

--Proverb

Who Goes Alone

"The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready."

--Henry David Thoreau

Yoda, Featured Cat of the Month

Yoda has been a member of our family for almost three years. Please see the post Around Midnight, dated Thursday, December 3, 2009.