LORD ILLINGWORTH What do you think she'd do if I kissed her? MRS ALLONBY Either marry you, or strike you across the face with her glove. What would you do if she struck you across the face with her glove? LORD ILLINGWORTH Fall in love with her, probably.

Oh, I love London Society! It is entirely composed now of beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics. Just what Society should be.

I don't want to earn a living. I want to live.

If only the picture could grow old, and I stay young. For that...for that, I would give my SOUL for that.

Circumstances should never alter principles!

More women grow old nowadays through the faithfulness of their admirers than through anything else.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.