The ages live in history through their anachronisms.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

M. Zola is determined to show that, if he has not got genius, he can at least be dull.

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.

Gwendolen, it is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth. Can you forgive me?

As for omens, there is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that.