It is not the perfect, but the imperfect, who have need of love.

In a temple everything should be serious except the thing that is being worshiped.

I played with an idea, and grew willful; tossed it into the air; transformed it; let it escape and recaptured it; made it iridescent with fancy, and winged it with paradox.

MRS ALLONBY Is she such a mystery? LORD ILLINGWORTH She is more than a mystery - she is a mood. MRS ALLONBY Moods don't last. LORD ILLINGWORTH It is their chief charm.

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.

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

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments