If you make a fool of yourself in front of a cat, he will sneer at you, if you are sober; he will leave the room if you are drunk. If you make a fool of yourself in front a dog, he will make a fool of himself, too.
Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist (ed. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999) - ISBN: 9781466836020