Did I miss?" you asked. "You didn't exactly miss," said Pooh, "But you missed the balloon." "I'm so sorry," you said, and you fired again, and this time you hit the balloon and the air came slowly out, and Winnie-the-Pooh floated down to the ground.

Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.

Brains first and then Hard Work.

A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.

When carrying a jar of honey to give to a friend for his birthday, don't stop and eat it along the way.

Don't talk anybody, don't come near! Can't you see the fish might hear? He thinks I'm playing with a piece of string; He thinks I'm another sort of funny thing, But he doesn't know I'm fishing - He doesn't know I'm fishing. That's what I'm doing - Fishing.

A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.