I worshipped you too much. I am punished for it. You worshipped yourself too much. We are both punished.

Nature is a wet place where large numbers of ducks fly overhead uncooked.

People say sometimes that Beauty is superficial. That may be so. But at least it is not so superficial as Thought is. To me, Beauty is the wonder of wonders. It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

Oh, no doubt the cod is a splendid swimmer - admirable for swimming purposes but not for eating.

Frank Harris has been received in all the great houses - once.

I see that any materialism in life coarsens the soul, and that the hunger of the body and the appetites of the flesh desecrate always, and often destroy.

No one wants to see a play called 'Lady Windermere's Fan'. It's going to be called 'Cocks in Frocks II' or I will find another publisher