A house is not a home without a pet...

 

The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man's.
-Mark Twain

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.
-Martin Buber

I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
-Abraham Lincoln

Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!
-Theophile Gautier