To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

"I hope your hair curls naturally, does it?" "Yes, darling, with a little help from others."

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.

You have always told me it was Ernest. I have introduced you to every one as Ernest. You answer to the name of Ernest. You look as if your name was Ernest. You are the most earnest-looking person I ever saw in my life. It is perfectly absurd your saying that your name isn't Ernest.

People seldom tell the truths that are worth telling. We ought to choose our truths as carefully as we choose our lies and to select our virtues with as much thought as we bestow upon the selection of our enemies.

Life is the art of being well deceived, and to succeed, it must be habitual and uninterrupted.

You have killed my love. You used to stir my imagination. Now you don't even stir my curiosity. You simply produce no effect. I loved you because you were marvelous, because you had genius and intellect, because you realized the dreams of great poets and gave shape and substance to the shadows of art. You have thrown it all away. You are shallow and stupid