Alice had begun with 'Let's pretend we're kings and queens;' and her sister, who liked being exact, had argued that they couldn't, because there were only two of them, and Alice hand been reduced at last to say, 'Well, you can be one of them then, and I'll be the rest.

People who don't think shouldn't talk.

I have proved by actual trial that a letter, that takes an hour to write, takes only about 3 minutes to read!

Epithets, like pepper, Give zest to what you write; And if you strew them sparely, They whet the appetite: But if you lay them on too thick, You spoil the matter quite!

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

You shouldn't make jokes if it makes you so unhappy.

Mad Hatter: Would you like a little more tea? Alice: Well, I haven't had any yet, so I can't very well take more. March Hare: Ah, you mean you can't very well take less. Mad Hatter: Yes. You can always take more than nothing.