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

“That proves you are unusual," returned the Scarecrow; "and I am convinced that the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves o...”

“For I consider brains far superior to money in every way. You may have noticed that if one has money without brains, he cannot use it to his advantage; but if one has brains without money, they wil...”

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

“...and remember my sentimental friend that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.”

“The women of the world will dominate politics, some day, and you mustn't be too old-fashioned in your notions to join the procession of progress.”

“True happiness is a gift from God, find your happy place and stay there.”

“Happiness requires the ultimate sacrifice: to give up one's unhappiness.”

“Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.”

“I do believe God gave me a spark of genius, but he quenched it in misery.”

“We spent as much money as we could, and got as little for it as people could make up their minds to give us. We were always more or less miserable, and most of our acquaintance were in the same con...”