Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One of us has got to go.

MRS ALLONBY Is she such a mystery? LORD ILLINGWORTH She is more than a mystery - she is a mood. MRS ALLONBY Moods don't last. LORD ILLINGWORTH It is their chief charm.

A man who pays his bills on time is soon forgotten.

I have learned this: it is not what one does that is wrong, but what one becomes as a consequence of it.

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty, and to the various impressions that beauty gives us.

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