I see that any materialism in life coarsens the soul, and that the hunger of the body and the appetites of the flesh desecrate always, and often destroy.

Oh, he occasionally takes an alcoholiday.

I must remember that a good friend is a new world.

If it is not nailed to the floor, it's mine. If I can pry it loose, it is not nailed down.

We teach people how to remember, we never teach them how to grow.

I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man.

Cecily. This is no time for wearing the shallow mask of manners. When I see a spade I call it a spade. Gwendolen. [Satirically.] I am glad to say that I have never seen a spade. It is obvious that our social spheres have been widely different.