Now art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.

The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure. He is the very basis of civilized society.

Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of suffering that there is in the world.

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.

I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square.

Every thing to be true must become a religion.

Lean on principles, one day they'll end up giving way.