"There he got out the luncheon-basket and packed a simple meal, in which, remembering the stranger’s origin and prefer…"

"The world has held great Heroes, As history books have showed; But never a name to go down to fame Compared with that…"

"The clever men at Oxford Know all that there is to be knowed. But they none of them know one half as much As intellig…"

"The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with du…"

"After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows …"

"There is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. In or out of ‘em, …"

"'I beg your pardon,' said the Mole, pulling himself together with an effort. 'You must think me very rude; but all th…"

"'Weasels — and stoats — and foxes — and so on. They're all right in a way — I'm very good friends with them — pass th…"

"'Beyond the Wild Wood comes the Wide World,' said the Rat. 'And that's something that doesn't matter, either to you o…"

"Honest Toad was always ready to admit himself in the wrong."