I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't talk politics.

Everything that is popular is wrong.

They did not understand a single word of what he was saying, but that made no matter, for they put their heads on one side, and looked wise, which is quite as good as understanding a thing, and very much easier.

Pleasure is the only thing one should live for, nothing ages like happiness.

On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure.

Yes; poor Bunbury is a dreadful invalid. Well, I must say, Algernon, that I think it is high time that Mr. Bunbury made up his mind whether he was going to live or to die. This shillyshallying with the question is absurd.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.