Money will buy a pretty good dog but it won't buy the wag of his tail. - Josh Billings
Heaven goes by favour. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.  - Mark Twain
The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too. - Samuel Butler
Dogs have more love than integrity. They've been true to us, yes, but they haven't been true to themselves. - Clarence Day
A dog is the only thing on earth that will love you more than you love yourself. - Josh Billings
Animals are such agreeable friends--they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. - George Eliot
A dog's best friend is his illiteracy - Ogden Nash
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man. - Mark Twain
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, what counts is the size of the fight in the dog. - Mark Twain
The reason dogs have so many friends is because they wag their tails instead of their tongues. - Unknown
Man is a dog's ideal of what God should be. - Holbrook Jackson
A dog is one of the few remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk. - O.A. Battista
To err is human, to forgive is canine - Anonymous