Somehow, our sense of justice never turns in its sleep till long after the sense of injustice in others has been thoroughly aroused.

What a lurid life Oscar Wilde does lead - so full of extraordinary incidents. What a chance for the memoir writers of the next century

Reverence is a good thing, and part of its value is that the more we revere a man, the more sharply are we struck by anything in him (and there is always much) that is incongruous with his greatness.

The critic who justly admires all kinds of things simultaneously cannot love any one of them.

Heroes are very human, most of them; very easily touched by praise.

True dandyism is the result of an artistic temperament working upon a fine body within the wide limits of fashion.

Only the insane take themselves seriously.