Familiarity with any great thing removes our awe of it. The great general is only terrible to the enemy; the great poet is frequently scolded by his wife; the children of the great statesman clamber about his knees with perfect trust and impunity; the great actor who is called before the curtain by admiring audiences is often waylaid at the stage door by his creditors.

When I was young I longed to write a great novel that should win me fame. Now that I am getting old my first book is written to amuse children.

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

In other words, the more stupid one is, the more he thinks he knows.

The more one knows, the luckier he is, for knowledge is the greatest gift in life.

Now I know I've got a heart because it is breaking. - Tin Man

I've married a man who owns nine cows," said Jinjur to Ozma, "and now I am happy and contented and willing to lead a quiet life and mind my own business." "Where is your husband?" asked Ozma. "He is in the house, nursing a black eye," replied Jinjur, calmly. "The foolish man would insist upon milking the red cow when I wanted him to milk the white one; but he will know better next time, I am sure.