The truth about the life of a man is not what he does, but the legend which he creates around himself.

A grand passion is the privelege of people who have nothing to do.

Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation, and conversation must have a common basis, and between two people of widely different culture the only common basis possible is the lowest level.

Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that.

Would you like to know the great drama of my life? It is that I have put my genius into my life...I have put only my talent into my works.

Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.