“I'm such a clever Toad.”

“All the animals cheered when he entered, and crowded round to congratulate him and say nice things about his courage, and his cleverness, and his fighting qualities; but Toad only smiled faintly, and murmured, 'Not at all!”

Kenneth Grahame book The Wind in the Willows

“Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.”

Ambrose Bierce book The Devil's Dictionary

“The toad beneath the harrow knows
Exactly where each tooth point goes;
The butterfly upon the road
Preaches contentment to that toad.”

Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) English short-story writer, poet, and novelist

“He was indeed an altered Toad!”

Kenneth Grahame book The Wind in the Willows

“Think as I think," said a man, "or you are abominably wicked; you are a toad." And after I thought of it, I said, "I will, then, be a toad.”

Stephen Crane (1871–1900) American novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist

“Harry Vane, Pulteney's toad-eater.”

Horace Walpole (1717–1797) English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician

“Apparently you're not allowed to lick a toad's back.”

Karl Pilkington (1972) English television personality, social commentator, actor, author and former radio producer

“The toad, without which no garden would be complete.”

Charles Dudley Warner (1829–1900) American writer

“It rained toads the day the White Council came to town.”

Jim Butcher book Summer Knight