Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass

"Consider anything, only don’t cry!"

"When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’’The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’’The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all."

"Speak in French when you can’t think of the English for a thing--turn your toes out when you walk---And remember who you are!"