"Whenever he was out of luck and..." - Quote by Mark Twain
Whenever he was out of luck and a little down-hearted, he would fall to mourning over the loss of a wonderful cat he used to own (for where women and children are not, men of kindly impulses take up with pets, for they must love something)
More by Mark Twain
“I wasn't worth a cent two years ago, and now I owe two million dollars.”
“Mine was a trained Presbyterian conscience and knew but the one duty - to hunt and harry its slave upon all pretexts and on all occasions, particularly when there was no sense nor reason in it.”
“Optimist: Person who travels on nothing from nowhere to happiness.”
More on Love
“Better than the one who knows what is right is the one who loves what is right.”
“I love all those girls the same as they love me. I get thousands of letters a week from girls who love me.... Every time I sing a song, I make love to them. I'm a boudoir singer.”
“Shipping magnate of the 20th century If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.”