Come back and wake me up.....half past May! (the Toad)

The whole world is covered with buttons, and not one of them is mine!

All the miles of a hard road are worth a moment of true happiness.

Books to the ceiling, Books to the sky, My pile of books is a mile high. How I love them! How I need them! I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.

You can keep your willpower, Frog. I am going home to bake a cake.

I cannot think of any work that could be more agreeable and fun than making books for children.

Knowledge will not always take the place of simple observation.

Wishes on their way to coming true will not be rushed.

Winter is beautiful, but bed is better.

Nothing is harder to resist than a bit of flattery.

Advice from friends is like the weather. Some of it is good; some of it is bad.

Those who don't value their words, will never value your wishes.

I find my thoughts, increasingly, not on the supernatural or spiritual but on what is meant by living a good and worthwhile life—achieving a sense of peace within oneself.

My dearest Pudding pie" I read aloud."Yes, my little turnip?" "Hilarious, " I muttered. "If you ever call me anything of the sort again we shall have words.

If you achieve good results using a poor method, isn't that a much greater achievement than starting from better methods. - Rider

It is not improbable that in hot countries, monkeys may have enslaved girls.

I hate to mention age, but I come from an era when we weren't consumed by technology and television.

Money just draws flies.

It's not easy waking up every single morning knowing what you're going to put your body through and having to do it. We don't have days off.

We do not "have" a body; rather, we "are" bodily.

I'm pushing ahead on my own - you no longer need a large record company to make you a star.