What men call the shadow of the body is not the shadow of the body, but is the body of the soul.

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

Authority is quite degrading.

In war, the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of the poor.

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.

The girl never really lived, and so she has never really died.

Beauty is a form of genius -- is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation.