I could never quite accustom myself to absinthe, but it suits my style so well

You have never been poor, and never known what ambition is.

Jack: Actually, I was found. Lady Bracknell: Found? Jack: Uh, yes, I was in... a handbag. Lady Bracknell: A handbag? Jack: Yes, it was... [makes gestures] Jack: an ordinary handbag.

The proper aim is to try and reconstruct society on such a basis that poverty will be impossible.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Bad art is a great deal worse than no art at all.

I made your sorrow mine also, that you might have help in bearing it.