By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.

I am not laughing, Dorian; at least I am not laughing at you. But you should not say the greatest romance of your life. You should say the first romance of your life. You will always be loved, and you will always be in love with love. A grande passion is the privilege of people who have nothing to do. That is the one use of the idle classes of a country. Don't be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning.

I don't like Switzerland; it has produced nothing but theologians and waiters.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.

Finding the meaning of life is easy. Simply get a dictionary, go to the 'L' section, and find the word 'life.'

The first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is no one has as yet discovered.

There is no such thing as a heterosexual male, only men who haven't met Oscar Wilde yet.