It isn't what we are, but what folks think we are, that counts in this world.

I think you are wrong to want a heart. It makes most people unhappy. If you only knew it, you are in luck not to have a heart.

To please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms one's heart and brings its own reward.

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

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.

Never give up. No one knows what's going to happen next.

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.