If you only have brains on your head you would be as good a man as any of them, and a better man than some of them. Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.

The absurd and legendary devil is the enigma of the Church.

I have learned to regard fame as a will-o-the-wisp...

Stunt dwarf or destroy the imagination of a child and you have taken away its chances of success in life. Imagination transforms the commonplace into the great and creates the new out of the old.

To 'know Thyself' is considered quite an accomplishment.

I'll miss you most of all scarecrow.

It seems unfortunate that strong people are usually so disagreeable and overbearing that no one cares for them. In fact, to be different from your fellow creatures is always a misfortune.