The more one analyses people, the more all reasons for analysis disappear. Sooner or later one comes to that dreadful universal thing called human nature.

Well, I can’t help going to see Sibyl play, even if it is only for an act. I get hungry for her presence; and when I think of the wonderful soul that is hidden away in that little ivory body, I am filled with awe." "You can dine with me to-night, Dorian, can’t you?" He shook his head. "To night she is Imogen," he answered, "and tomorrow night she will be Juliet." "When is she Sibyl Vane?" "Never." "I congratulate you.

We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible.

Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber

The best people to work for are me, myself and I.

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

The systems that fail are those that rely on the permanency of human nature, and not its growth and development.