She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears int… - Lewis Carroll

Once she remembered trying to box her own ears for having cheated herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself, for this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people.

She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it), and

She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes;

but Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way.

If you do not know where you want to go, it doesn't matter which path you take.

Sometimes, I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
– Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll