Oscar Wilde was suing the Marquis of Queensbury in 1895 for libel accusing Wilde of homosexuality Counsel: Have you ever adored a young man madly? Wilde: I have never given adoration to anyone except myself.

The one charm about the past is that it is the past. But women never know when the curtain has fallen.

the costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing. Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life.

Even before I met you I was far from indifferent to you.

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life and literature.

I was disappointed in Niagara - most people must be disappointed in Niagara. Every American bride is taken there, and the sight of the stupendous waterfall must be one of the earliest, if not the keenest, disappointments in American married life.