The other Messenger's called Hatta. I must have two, you know - to come and go. One to come, and one to go. |
The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday - but never jam today. |
The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might: He did his very best to make The billows smooth and bright - And this was very odd, because it was The middle of the night |
Then the bowsprit got mixed with the rudder sometimes. |
There comes a pause, for human strength will not endure to dance without cessation; and everyone must reach the point at length of absolute prostration. |
There is no use trying, said Alice; one can't believe impossible things. I dare say you haven't had much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. |
They gave it me . . . for an un-birthday present. |
They lived at the bottom of a well - . . . They lived on treacle. |
They told me you had been to her, / And mentioned me to him: / She gave me a good character, / But said I could not swim. |
Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky |
We called him Tortoise because he taught us. |
What I tell you three times is true. |
When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less. |
When you are describing A shape, or sound, or tint; Don't state the matter plainly, But put it in a hint; And learn to look at all things With a sort of mental squint |
While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should be kept apart from it. The danger is too great of thus learning to look at solemn things in a spirit of mockery, and to seek in them opportunities for exercising wit. |