It is such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool.

My people have been wearing green glasses on their eyes for so long that most of them think this really is an Emerald City.

To be angry once in a while is really good fun, because it makes others so miserable. But to be angry morning, noon and night, as I am, grows monotonous and prevents my gaining any other pleasure in life.

I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.

We consider a prisoner unfortunate. He is unfortunate in two ways-because he has done something wrong and because he is deprived of his liberty. Therefore we should treat him kindly, because of his misfortune, for otherwise he would become hard and bitter and would not be sorry he had done wrong.

I can't give you a brain, but I can give you a diploma.

A little misery, at times, makes one appreciate happiness more.