It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.
Oscar WildeThe American father is never seen in London. He passes his life entirely in Wall Street and communicates with his family once a month by means of a telegram in cipher.
Oscar WildeThe reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
Oscar Wilde