To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up.

Reported as Oscar Wilde's last words on his death bed... This wallpaper is killing me. One of us has to go.

One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable

George Moore wrote brilliant English until he discovered grammar.

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