It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens (Alice had once made the remark) that, whatever you say to them, they always purr: "If they would only purr for 'yes,' and mew for 'no,; or any rule of that sort," she had said, "so that one could keep up a conversation! But how can you talk with a person if they always say the same thing?

Magnitudes are algebraically represented by letter, men by men of letters, and so on.

For first you write a sentence, And then you chop it small; Then mix the bits and sort them out Just as they chance to fall: The order of the phrases makes no difference at all.

Alice: "How long is forever?" White Rabbit: "Sometimes, just one second."

You could not see a cloud, because No cloud was in the sky: No birds were flying overhead - There were no birds to fly.

Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop.

'What is the use of a book', thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?'