Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.

One must have a heart of stone to read the death of little Nell without laughing.

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

When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.

What are American dry-goods? asked the duchess, raising her large hands in wonder and accentuating the verb. American novels, answered Lord Henry.

An artist should create beautiful things, but should put nothing of his own life into them. We live in an age when men treat art as if it were meant to be a form of autobiography. We have lost the abstract sense of beauty.

Society, civilized society at least, is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating. It feels instinctively that manners are of more importance than morals, and, in its opinion, the highest respectability is of much less value than the possession of a good chef.