Oh - You're a very bad man!" Oh, no my dear. I'm a very good man. I'm just a very bad Wizard.

No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.

Nobody gets in to see the wizard. Not nobody.

Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't you think?

You are welcome, most noble Sorceress, to the land of the Munchkins. We are so grateful to you for having killed the Wicked Witch of the East, and for setting our people free from bondage.

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

If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with!