The Americans are certainly hero-worshipers, and always take their heroes from the criminal classes.

Cleverness becomes a public nuisance.

I am not laughing, Dorian; at least I am not laughing at you. But you should not say the greatest romance of your life. You should say the first romance of your life. You will always be loved, and you will always be in love with love. A grande passion is the privilege of people who have nothing to do. That is the one use of the idle classes of a country. Don't be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning.

In England it is enough for a man to try and produce any serious, beautiful work to lose all his rights as a citizen.

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life only to realize one's own perfection, to make one's every dream a reality.

Intellectual generalities are always interesting, but generalities in morals mean absolutely nothing.

Lots of people act well, but few people talk well. This shows that talking is the more difficult of the two.