I never saw so many well-dressed, well-fed, business-looking Bohemians in my life.

A beggar hates his benefactor as much as he hates himself for begging.

Good heavens, I suppose a man may eat his own muffins in his own garden." "But you have just said it was perfectly heartless to eat muffins!" "I said it was perfectly heartless of YOU under the circumstances. That is a very different thing." "That may be, but the muffins are the same!

An opinion is not necesarily correct just because you're willing to die for it.

And now, I am dying beyond my means. (Said while sipping champagne on his deathbed.)

Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

I am not laughing, Dorian; at least I am not laughing at you. But you should not say the greatest romance of your life. You should say the first romance of your life. You will always be loved, and you will always be in love with love. A grande passion is the privilege of people who have nothing to do. That is the one use of the idle classes of a country. Don't be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning.