The more I see of man, the more I admire of dogs.
-- Mme de Sevigne (attributed)

A dog starved at his master’s gate
Predicts the ruin of the state.
-- William Blake (from Auguries of Innocence)

I always thought that my canine family tended to view me as the funny looking two-legged dog who runs the can opener.
-- Roger Caras

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

You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.
-- Robert Louis Stevenson

The dog has an enviable mind: it remembers the nice things in life and quickly blots out the nasty.
-Barbara Woodhouse

Man is an animal that makes bargains; no other animal does this - one dog does not change a bone with another.
-- Adam Smith

The censure of a dog is something no man can stand.
-- Edward Everett Hale

Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies.
-- Gene Hill

Acquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative.
-Mordecai Siegal

I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better.
-- George Bird Evans (Troubles with Bird Dogs)

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
-- Plato

I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
-- John Steinbeck

My little dog: a heart beat at my feet.
-- Edith Wharton

Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that is how dogs spend their lives.
-- Sue Murphy

Money will buy you a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.
-- Henry Wheeler Shaw