If everybody minded their own business,' the Duchess said, in a hoarse growl, 'the world would go round a deal faster than it does.'
Begin at the beginning,' the King said gravely, 'and go on till you come to the end: then stop.'
The best way to explain it is to do it.
Then you should say what you mean,' the March Hare went on. 'I do,' Alice hastily replied; 'at least – at least I mean what I say – that's the same thing, you know.' 'Not the same thing a bit!' said the Hatter. 'You might just as well say that I see what I eat is the same thing as I eat what I see!'
“I’m older than you, and must know better.'
Oh, you can’t help that,' said the Cat: 'we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.' 'How do you know I’m mad?' said Alice. 'You must be,' said the Cat, 'or you wouldn’t have come here.'
Speak English!' said the Eaglet. 'I don’t know the meaning of half those long words, and, what’s more, I don’t believe you do either!'
Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?' 'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.' 'I don't much care where.' 'Then it doesn't matter which way you go.'
And the moral of that is – ‘Be what you would seem to be’ – or, if you’d like it put more simply – ‘Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise.’
Who are you?' said the Caterpillar. This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, 'I-I hardly know, Sir, just at present – at least I know who Iwaswhen I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.' 'What do you mean by that?' said the Caterpillar, sternly. 'Explain yourself!' 'I can’t explain myself, I’m afraid, Sir,' said Alice, 'because I am not myself, you see.'
I don’t see how he can ever finish, if he doesn’t begin.'
She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it).