My world, my world... How can such a good little girl like you destroy all of my beautiful wickedness. - Wicket Witch of the North

All the same,' said the Scarecrow, '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.' I shall take the heart,' returned the Tin Woodman, 'for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.

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.

As a matter of fact, we are none of us above criticism; so let us bear with each other's faults.

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

Flowers are beautiful, for instance, but we are not inclined to marry them. Duty, on the contrary, is a bugle call to action, whether you are inclined to act, or not. In this case, I obey the bugle call of duty.

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