A. A. Milne

You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.

Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.

No doubt Jack the Ripper excused himself on the grounds that it was human nature.

Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.

Just because an animal is large, it doesn't mean he doesn't want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo.

When late morning rolls around and you're feeling a bit out of sorts, don't worry; you're probably just a little eleven o'clockish.

I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words bother me.

When having a smackerel of something with a friend, don't eat so much that you get stuck in the doorway trying to get out.

To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.

Bores can be divided into two classes: those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject.