It is perfectly possible to get what you think you want and be miserable. It's possible too, to never get it but deeply enjoy the process of trying. In this world, there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

No woman should have a memory. Memory in a woman is the beginning of dowdiness. One can always tell from a woman's bonnet whether she has got a memory or not.

Beauty is a form of Genius--is higher, indeed, than Genius, as it needs no explanation. It is one of the great facts of the world, like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in the dark waters of that silver shell we call the moon. It cannot be questioned. It has divine right of sovereignty. It makes princes of those who have it.

Genius learns from nature, its own nature. Talent learns from art.

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

I've now realised for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.