I have learned, as has many another better writer, to summon inspiration to my call as soon as I begin my day's stint, and not to hang around waiting…

- Albert Payson Terhune

Soon or late, every dog's master's memory becomes a graveyard; peopled by wistful little furry ghosts that creep back unbidden, at times, to a sembla…

- Albert Payson Terhune

Dogs, the foremost snobs in creation, are quick to notice the difference between a well-clad and a disreputable stranger.

- Albert Payson Terhune

Win without boasting. Lose without excuse.

- Albert Payson Terhune

When a puppy takes fifty catnaps in the course of the day, he cannot always be expected to sleep the night through.

- Albert Payson Terhune

No breeder is above catering to intelligent praise of his dog.

- Albert Payson Terhune

The dog was cold and in pain. But being only a dog it did not occur to him to trot off home to the comfort of the library fire and leave his master t…

- Albert Payson Terhune

Any man with money to make the purchase may become a dog's owner. But no man --spend he ever so much coin and food and tact in the effort-- may becom…

- Albert Payson Terhune