I have found that all ugly things are made by those who strive to make something beautiful, and that all beautiful things are made by those who strive to make something useful.

Jack: Actually, I was found. Lady Bracknell: Found? Jack: Uh, yes, I was in... a handbag. Lady Bracknell: A handbag? Jack: Yes, it was... [makes gestures] Jack: an ordinary handbag.

We women, as some one says, love with our ears, just as you men love with your eyes.

A beggar hates his benefactor as much as he hates himself for begging.

Any preoccupation with ideas of what is right or wrong in conduct shows an arrested intellectual development.

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

I can resist anything but the temptation to make a clever witticism.