It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury, in order that I may be able to go down into the country whenever I choose.

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.

Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written.

If the Socialism is Authoritarian; if there are Governments armed with economic power as they are now with political power; if, in a word, we are to have Industrial Tyrannies, then the last state of man will be worse than the first.

It is that deep spiritual affection that is as pure as it is perfect. It is beautiful, it is fine, it is the noblest form of affection. There is nothing unnatural about it.