"Heaven goes by favour. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ~Mark Twain
"One reason a dog is such a lovable creature is his tail wags instead of his tongue." ~Unknown
"My little dog - -a heartbeat at my feet." ~Edith Wharton
"No man can be condemned for owning a dog. As long as he has a dog, he has a friend; and the poorer he gets, the better friend he has." ~Will Rogers
• "Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job." ~Franklin P. Jones
"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