A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Life cheats us with shadows. We ask it for pleasure. It gives it to us with bitterness and disappointment in its train.

One should always eat muffins quite calmly. It is the only way to eat them.

I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them.

A method of procuring sensations? Do you think then, that a man who has once committed a murder could possibly do the same crime again? Don't tell me that." says Dorian. "Oh! anything becomes a pleasure if one does it too often," says Lord Henry

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.

If one doesn't talk about a thing, it has never happened. It is simply expression that gives reality to things.