I would not a bit mind sleeping in the cool grass in summer, and when winter came on sheltering myself by the warm close-thatched rick, or under the penthouse of a great barn, provided I had love in my heart.

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

The youth of the present day are quite monstrous. They have absolutely no respect for dyed hair.

It is well for his peace that the saint goes to his martyrdom. He is spared the sight of the horror of his harvest.

Flowers are as common in the country as people are in London.

Don't squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar

Yes, very sensible... People die of common sense, Dorian, one lost moment at a time. Life is a moment. There is no hereafter. So make it burn always with the hardest flame.