It is only the intellectually lost who ever argue.

A true artist takes no notice whatever of the public. The public to him are non-existent.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Miss Prism: And you do not seem to realize, dear Doctor, that by persistently remaining single, a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation. Men should be more careful; this very celibacy leads weaker vessels astray. Chasuble: But is a man not equally attractive when married? Miss Prism: No married man is ever attractive except to his wife. Chasuble: And often, I've been told, not even to her.

The English public always feels perfectly at ease when a mediocrity is talking to it.

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

Imagination is imitative-the real innovation lies in criticism.