Newspapers have degenerated. They may now be absolutely relied upon.

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life.

You have always told me it was Ernest. I have introduced you to every one as Ernest. You answer to the name of Ernest. You look as if your name was Ernest. You are the most earnest-looking person I ever saw in my life. It is perfectly absurd your saying that your name isn't Ernest.

In spite of the roaring of the young lions at the Union, and the screaming of the rabbits in the home of the vivisect, in spite of Keble College, and the tramways, and the sporting prints, Oxford still remains the most beautiful thing in England, and nowhere else are life and art so exquisitely blended, so perfectly made one.

But what world says that [I'm wicked]? It can only be the next world. This world and I are on excellent terms.

History is merely gossip

The one charm of marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.