The answers are all out there, we just need to ask the right questions.

MRS ALLONBY Is she such a mystery? LORD ILLINGWORTH She is more than a mystery - she is a mood. MRS ALLONBY Moods don't last. LORD ILLINGWORTH It is their chief charm.

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others.

I worshipped you too much. I am punished for it. You worshipped yourself too much. We are both punished.

I am sorry my life is so marred and maimed by extravagance. But I cannot live otherwise. I, at any rate, pay the penalty of suffering.

Women, as some witty Frenchman once put it, inspire us with the desire to do masterpieces and always prevent us from carrying them out.

There is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty.