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

How very wet this water is.

I shall take the heart. For brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.

We consider a prisoner unfortunate. He is unfortunate in two ways-because he has done something wrong and because he is deprived of his liberty. Therefore we should treat him kindly, because of his misfortune, for otherwise he would become hard and bitter and would not be sorry he had done wrong.

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

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

Oh, I see;" said the Tin Woodman. "But, after all, brains are not the best things in the world." Have you any?" enquired the Scarecrow. No, my head is quite empty," answered the Woodman; "but once I had brains, and a heart also; so, having tried them both, I should much rather have a heart.