I have never admitted that I am more than twenty-nine, or thirty at the most. Twenty-nine when there are pink shades, thirty when there are not.

Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.

Veil after veil of thin dusky gauze is lifted, and by degrees the forms and colours of things are restored to them, and we watch the dawn remaking the world in its antique pattern.

When asked what he thought of sports, Oscar Wilde replied, "I approve of any activity that requires the wearing of special clothing.

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.

Fruitcake is like semen, there's a lot of it about but no one wants to swallow it

I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws.