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!

If only I could manage, without annoyance to my family, to get imprisoned for 10 years, "without hard labour," and with the use of books and writing materials, it would be simply delightful!

The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.

I have seen so many extraordinary things, nothing seems extraordinary any more

If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrariwise, what it is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be it would. You see?

Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.

Well, when one's lost, I suppose it's good advice to stay where you are until someone finds you.