Lewis Carroll

If you want to inspire confidence, give plenty of statistics – it does not matter that they should be accurate, or even intelligible, so long as there is enough of them.

I charm in vain; for never again, All keenly as my glance I bend, Will Memory, goddess coy, Embody for my joy Departed days, nor let me gaze On thee, my fairy friend!

To Her, whose children's smiles fed the narrator's fancy and were his rich reward: from the Author.

The White Knight must not have whiskers; he must not be made to look old.