She was a curious woman, whose dresses always looked as if they had been designed in a rage and put on in a tempest. She was usually in love with somebody, and, as her passion was never returned, she had kept all her illusions. She tried to look picturesque, but only succeeded in being untidy.

Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm.

You know we poor artists have to show ourselves in society from time to time, just to remind the public that we are not savages.

If only the picture could grow old, and I stay young. For that...for that, I would give my SOUL for that.

I find I have, and a heart doesn’t suit me, Windermere. Somehow it doesn’t go with modern dress. It makes one look old.

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.

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.