Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others.

God and other artists are always a little obscure.

It was not intended as a compliment. It was a confession. Now that I have made it, something seems to have gone out of me. Perhaps one should never put one's worship into words.

No man should have a secret from his wife. She invariably finds it out.

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.

JACK Your duty as a gentleman calls you back. ALGERNON My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

Genius lasts longer than beauty