Whenever he was out of luck and a little down-hearted, he would fall t…

Mark Twain
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Whenever he was out of luck and a little down-hearted, he would fall to mourning over the loss of a wonderful cat he used to own (for where women and children are not, men of kindly impulses take up with pets, for they must love something) ✨ Mark Twain (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated), p.3504, Delphi Classics
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