Everything in life is unusual until you become accustomed to it.

The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick.

You see, in this country are a number of youths who do not like to work, and the college is an excellent place for them.

Never question the truth of what you fail to understand, for the world is filled with wonders.

A curious thing about Ugu the Shoemaker was that he didn't suspect in the least that he was wicked. He wanted to be powerful and great, and he hoped to make himself master of all the Land of Oz that he might compel everyone in that fairy country to obey him, His ambition blinded him to the rights of others, and he imagined anyone else would act just as he did if anyone else happened to be as clever as himself.

People would rather live in homes regardless of its grayness. There is no place like home.

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