Everything in moderation, including moderation.

The moment that an artist takes notice of what other people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist.

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

Two men look out a window. One sees mud, the other sees the stars.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.

The real weakness of England lies, not in incomplete armaments or unfortified coasts, not in the poverty that creeps through sunless lanes, or the drunkenness that brawls in loathsome courts, but simply in the fact that her ideals are emotional and not intellectual.

What are American dry-goods? asked the duchess, raising her large hands in wonder and accentuating the verb. American novels, answered Lord Henry.