In art, the public accept what has been, because they cannot alter it, not because they appreciate it. They swallow their classics whole, and never taste them.

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Every one is worthy of love, except him who thinks that he is. Love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling.

My dear Algy, you talk exactly as if you were a dentist. It is very vulgar to talk like a dentist when one isn't a dentist. It produces false impression

Don't use big words. They mean so little.

It is very vulgar to talk about one's own business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then only at dinner parties.