Champfleury quotes:

Refined and delicate natures understand the cat. Women, poets, and artists hold it in great esteem, for they recognize the exquisite delicacy of its nervous system; indeed, only coarse natures fail to discern the natural distinction of the cat.

If you would know what a cat is thinking about, you must hold its paw in your hand for a long time...

The love of dress is very marked in this attractive animal.

There is no more intrepid explorer than a kitten.

A kitten is the delight of a household. All day long, comedy is played by an incomparable actor.

A little drowsing cat is an image of perfect beatitude.

The love of dress is very marked in this attractive animal; he is proud of the lustre of his coat, and cannot endure that a hair of it shall lie the wrong way. When the cat has eaten, he passes his tongue several times over both sides of his jaws, and his whiskers, in order to clean them thoroughly; he keeps his coat clean with a prickly tongue which fulfills the office of the curry-comb.

[A kitten] gets himself into every kind of trouble...

He is proud of the lustre of his coat, and cannot endure that a hair of it shall lie the wrong way.