Humpty Dumpty

"Why, you might make a joke on that."

"When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less."

"There's glory for you!"

"I can explain all the poems that were ever invented—and a good many that haven't been invented just yet."

"What a waste it is to do nothing all day."

"That's the effect of living backwards."

"I must be getting old."

"When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean."

"That's exactly what I complain of!"

"All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put Humpty Dumpty in his place again."

"But then, you see, words mean more than we mean when we use them."

"I can explain all the poems that ever were invented."

"When I use a word it means just what I choose it to mean."

"I've dined with the King tonight."

"You know nothing whatever about it."

"The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours."

"Words mean more than we mean to express when we use them."

"I can make you understand words of three syllables easily."

"You mustn't think I'm rude."

"The lesson there is a very deep one."

"The question is what is to be done about it."

"When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean."

"You're not strong enough to take the Queen."

"I am fain to go with thee, Humpty Dumpty said at last."

"When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean."

"The question is which is to be master."

"I'm not a bird, so don't try those airs with me"

"When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean"

"Shoes for the feet, hats for the head"

"You can't make a memorandum-book of me"