America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.

Never met such a Gorgon . . . I don't really know what a Gorgon is like, but I am quite sure that Lady Bracknell is one. In any case, she is a monster, without being a myth, which is rather unfair.

It is he who has broken the bond of marriage - not I. I only break its bondage.

There are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely-or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands.

Hesitation of any kind is a sign of mental decay in the young, of physical weakness in the old.

Nature: a place where birds fly around uncooked

To live in this world is a rare thing; most people just exist.