Then there was a man who said, 'I never knew what real happiness was until I got married; by then it was too late'

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

I have been right, Basil, haven’t I, to take my love out of poetry, and to find my wife in Shakespeare’s plays? Lips that Shakespeare taught to speak have whispered their secret in my ear. I have had the arms of Rosalind around me, and kissed Juliet on the mouth.

It is only fair to state, with regard to modern journalists, that they always apologize to one in private for what they have written against one in public.

There is no such thing as a heterosexual male, only men who haven't met Oscar Wilde yet.

There is no good talking to him," said a Dragon-fly, who was sitting on the top of a large brown bulrush; "no good at all, for he has gone away." "Well, that is his loss, not mine," answered the Rocket. "I am not going to stop talking to him merely because he pays no attention. I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself, and I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." "Then you should definitely lecture on Philosophy," said the Dragon-fly.

Nothing is so aggravating as calmness. There is something positively brutal about the good temper of most modern men.