Never met such a Gorgon . . . I don't really know what a Gorgon is like, but I am quite sure that Lady Bracknell is one. In any case, she is a monster, without being a myth, which is rather unfair.

The only way a woman can ever reform a man is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest in life.

Where your life leads you, you must go

Individualism has really the higher aim. Modern morality consists in accepting the standard of one's age.

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

My philosophy? I'm always right and you are wrong.

I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception.