If there is no meaning in it," said the King, "that saves a world of trouble, you know, as we needn't try to find any. And yet I don't know.

— Lewis Carroll

If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.

— Lewis Carroll

If you don't know where you want to go, then it doesn't matter which path you take.

— Lewis Carroll

If you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison' it is certain to disagree with you sooner or later.

— Lewis Carroll

I have a fairy by my side Which says I must not sleep, When once in pain I loudly cried It said "You must not weep" If, full of mirth, I smile and grin, It says "You must not laugh" When once I wished to drink some gin It said "You must not quaff". When once a meal I wished to taste It said "You must not bite" When to the wars I went in haste It said "You must not fight". "What may I do?" at length I cried, Tired of the painful task. The fairy quietly replied, And said "You must not ask". Moral: "You mustn't.

— Lewis Carroll

I knew who I was this morning, but I've changed a few times since then.

— Lewis Carroll

Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.

— Lewis Carroll

In most gardens", the Tiger-lily said, "they make the beds too soft-so that the flowers are always asleep.

— Lewis Carroll

In most gardens they make the beds too soft – so that the flowers are always asleep.

— Lewis Carroll

In vain, we roared;in vain we tried To rouse her into laughter:Her pensive glances wandered wide From orchestra to rafter -"TIER UPON TIER!" she said, and sighed;And silence followed after.

— Lewis Carroll