Starvation, not sin, is the parent of modern crime.

In love, it is better to know and be disappointed, than to not know and always wonder.

Yes; poor Bunbury is a dreadful invalid. Well, I must say, Algernon, that I think it is high time that Mr. Bunbury made up his mind whether he was going to live or to die. This shillyshallying with the question is absurd.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure.

I'm sure I don't know half the people who come to my house. Indeed, from all I hear, I shouldn't like to.

Never trust a woman who wears mauve, whatever her age may be, or a woman over thirty-five who is fond of pink ribbons.