That which chiefly causes the failure of a dinner-party, is the running short--not of meat, nor yet of drink, but of conversation.

...those serpents! There's no pleasing them!

It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.

I wish I could manage to be glad! Only I never can remember the rule. You must be very happy, living in this wood, and being glad whenever you like!

When you have made a thorough and reasonably long effort, to understand a thing, and still feel puzzled by it, stop, you will only hurt yourself by going on.

Curiouser and curiouser.

Well! I've often seen a cat without a grin,' thought Alice 'but a grin without a cat! It's the most curious thing i ever saw in my life!