What a silly thing love is!' said the student as he walked away. 'It is not half as useful as logic, for it does not prove anything, and it is always telling one of things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true. In fact, it is quite unpractical, and, as in this age to be practical is everything, I shall go back to philosophy and study metaphysics.' So he returned to his room and pulled out a great dusty book, and began to read.

Bad manners make a journalist.

Don't give a woman advice; one should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening.

MRS ALLONBY Is she such a mystery? LORD ILLINGWORTH She is more than a mystery - she is a mood. MRS ALLONBY Moods don't last. LORD ILLINGWORTH It is their chief charm.

One should not be too severe on English novels; they are the only relaxation of the intellectually unemployed.

You are Beautiful when you are happy

To have friends, you know, one need only be good-natured; but when a man has no enemy left there must be something mean about him.