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

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.

Time is given us to be happy and for no other reason [...] When we waste time, we waste happiness.

If we didn't want anything, we would never get anything, good or bad. I think our longings are natural, and if we act as nature prompts us we can't go far wrong.

Unless one can think wisely it is better to remain a dummy.

I think the world is like a great mirror, and reflects our lives just as we ourselves look upon it.

That proves you are unusual,' returned the Scarecrow; 'and I am convinced that the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.