The more I see of the depressing stature of people, the more I admire my dogs.
--Alphonse de Lamartine 1790-1869 French Poet.

Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.
--Austin O’Malley 1858-1932 American Oculist.

Man is an animal that makes bargains; no other animal does this--no dog exchanges bones with another.
--Adam Smith 1723-1790 Scottish Politician and Economist

Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
--Mark Twain

The great pleasure of a dog is that you make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, he will make a fool of himself too.
--Samuel Butler

My little dog -- a heartbeat at my feet.
--Edith Wharton.

She had no particular breed in mind, no unusual requirements. Except the special sense of mutual recognition that tells dog and human they have both come to the right place.
--Lloyd Alexander, American writer.

The poor dog, in life the firmest friend, "The first to welcome, foremost to defend."
--Lord Byron, an epitaph for his dog Boatswain.

A good dog never dies he always stays he walks besides you on crisp autumn days when frost is on the fields and winter's drawing near, his head is within our hand in his old way.
--Mary Carolyn Davies

They never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation.
--Jerome K. Jerome, English humorist

Not Carnegie, Vanderbilt and Astor together could have raised money enough to buy a quarter share in my little dog.
--Ernest Thompson Seton, American writer and naturalist.

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

Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring -- it was peace.
--Milan Kundera

His name is not wild dog anymore, but the first friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always.
--Rudyard Kipling

Faithful:
With eye upraised his master’s look to scan,
The joy, the solace, and
the aid of man:
The rich man’s guardian and the poor man’s friend,
The only creature faithful to the end.
--George Crabbe.