Out of the sea will rise Behemoth and Leviathan, and sail 'round the high-pooped galleys... Dragons will wander about the waste places, and the phoenix will soar from her nest of fire into the air. We shall lay our hands upon the basilisk, and see the jewel in the toad's head. Champing his gilded oats, the Hippogriff will stand in our stalls, and over our heads will float the Blue Bird singing of beautiful and impossible things, of things that are lovely and that never happen, of things that are not and that should be.

I don't like Switzerland; it has produced nothing but theologians and waiters.

It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institutions of private property.

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything. Yes, murmured Lord Henry, settling his button-hole in his coat; and when they grow older they know it.

Love! What is love? It's nothing. It's just a word. It doesn't exist. Only pleasure is important.

I like talking to a brick wall- it's the only thing in the world that never contradicts me!