Oh, why will parents always appear at the wrong time? Some extraordinary mistake in nature, I suppose.

No one wants to see a play called 'Lady Windermere's Fan'. It's going to be called 'Cocks in Frocks II' or I will find another publisher

I was disappointed in Niagara - most people must be disappointed in Niagara. Every American bride is taken there, and the sight of the stupendous waterfall must be one of the earliest, if not the keenest, disappointments in American married life.

Psycholog­y is in its infancy, as a science. I hope in the interests of Art, it will always remain so.

When I see a spade, I call it a spade. I'm glad to say I have never seen a spade. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use it. It's the only thing he's fit for.

After a good quality dinner one will be able to forgive anybody, still one's own relations.

An artist should create beautiful things, but should put nothing of his own life into them.