A. A. Milne

A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.

A clever conjurer is welcome anywhere, and those of us whose powers of entertainment are limited to the setting of booby-traps or the arranging of apple-pie beds must view with envy the much greater tribute of laughter and applause which is the lot of the prestidigitator with some natural gift for legerdemain.

My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.

Some people care too much. I think it's called love.

Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.

Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the thing you can't hear, and not bothering.

If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.

Is 'The Wind in the Willows' a children's book? Is 'Alice in Wonderland?' Is 'Treasure Island?' These are masterpieces which we read with pleasure as children, but with how much more pleasure when we are grown-up.