I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.

The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding. The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married. One should always be in love - that's the reason one should never marry.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live in terror of not being misunderstood.

You silly Arthur! If you knew anything about...anything, which you don't, you would know that I adore you. Everyone in London knows it except you. It is a public scandal the way I adore you. I have been going about for the last six months telling the whole of society that I adore you. I wonder you consent to have anything to say to me. I have no character left at all. At least, I feel so happy that I am quite sure I have no character left at all.

A great poet, a really great poet, is the most unpoetical of all creatures. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating.