I once delivered a simple ball, which I was told, had it gone far enough, would have been considered a wide

They've a temper, some of them - particularly verbs, they're the proudest - adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs.

In a wonderland they lie, dreaming as the days go by

Well, "slithy" means "lithe and slimy." "Lithe" is the same as "active." You see it's like a portmanteau - there are two meanings packed up into one word.

"Write that down," the King said to the jury, and the jury eagerly wrote down all three dates on their slates, and then added them up, and reduced the answer to shillings and pence.

I don't see how he can ever finish, if he doesn't begin.

Alice came to a fork in the road. 'Which road do I take?' she asked. 'Where do you want to go?' responded the Cheshire Cat. 'I don't know,' Alice answered. 'Then,' said the Cat, 'it doesn't matter.