I think life too complex a thing to be settled by these hard and fast rules.

Good heavens! how marriage ruins a man! It's as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

How long could you love a woman who didn't love you, Cecil?
A woman who didn't love me? Oh, all my life!

I like talking to a brick wall- it's the only thing in the world that never contradicts me!

My dear Arthur, I never talk scandal. I only talk gossip.
What is the difference between scandal and gossip?
Oh! Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

Misfortunes one can endure--they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults--ah!--there is the sting of life.

I can resist anything except temptation.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.