The old-fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out.

There is no such thing as a heterosexual male, only men who haven't met Oscar Wilde yet.

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable.

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.

It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institutions of private property.

I never saw anybody take so long to dress, and with such little result.

Actors are so fortunate. They can choose whether they will appear in tragedy or in comedy, whether they will suffer or make merry, laugh or shed tears. But in real life it is different. Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualifications. Our Guildensterns play Hamlet for us, and our Hamlets have to jest like Prince Hal. The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.