The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork.

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

I love scrapes. They are the only things that are never serious." "Oh, that's nonsense, Algy. You never talk anything but nonsense." "Nobody ever does.

It was not intended as a compliment. It was a confession. Now that I have made it, something seems to have gone out of me. Perhaps one should never put one's worship into words.

She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.

Is insincerity such a terrible thing? I think not. It is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities.

Only love can keep anyone alive.