Give me the luxuries and I can dispense with the necessities.
I prefer women with a past. They're always so damned amusing to talk to.
The worst thing to do with success, is to boast about it.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
And now, dear Mr. Worthing, I will not intrude any longer into a house of sorrow. I would merely beg you not to be too much bowed down by grief. What seem to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise. This seems to me a blessing of an extremely obvious kind.
There are moments when art attains almost to the dignity of manual labor.