I don't want to earn my living, I want to live.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

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

Ah! The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women...merely adored.

Pray don't talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean something else. And that makes me quite nervous.

The unread is always better than the unreadable.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty comes from the fact that the author is what he is. It has nothing to do with the fact that other people want what they want.