He is fond of being misunderstood. It gives him a post of vantage.

Yes, very sensible... People die of common sense, Dorian, one lost moment at a time. Life is a moment. There is no hereafter. So make it burn always with the hardest flame.

I write because it gives me the greatest possible artistic pleasure to write. If my work pleases the few I am gratified. As for the mob, I have no desire to be a popular novelist. It is far too easy.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

Veni vidi veni iterum! (I came, I saw, I came again!)

I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.

Philosophy is like a normal personal organizer, but it's smaller than a matchbox.