He wanted to be where no one would know who he was. He wanted to escape from himself.

Make some sacrifice for your art and you will be repaid, but ask of art to sacrifice herself for you and a bitter disappointment may come to you.

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.

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.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Public opinion exists only where there are no ideas.