I love to talk about nothing. It's the only thing I know anything about.

JACK Your duty as a gentleman calls you back. ALGERNON My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

Veni vidi veni iterum! (I came, I saw, I came again!)

One should not be too severe on English novels; they are the only relaxation of the intellectually unemployed.

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices. I never take any notice of what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do. If a personality fascinates me, whatever mode of expression that personality selects is absolutely delightful to me.

After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.

The only link between Literature and the Drama left to us in England at the present moment is the bill of the play.