People say sometimes that Beauty is superficial. That may be so. But at least it is not so superficial as Thought is. To me, Beauty is the wonder of wonders. It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

How long could you love a woman who didn't love you, Cecil? A woman who didn't love me? Oh, all my life!

If the poor only had profiles there would be no difficulty in solving the problem of poverty

When we are happy, we are always good, but when we are good, we are not always happy.

There is no man who is not, at each moment, what he has been and what he will be.

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

I usually say what I really think. A great mistake nowadays. It makes one so liable to be misunderstood.