It is not the prisoners who need reformation, it is the prisons.

The first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is no one has as yet discovered.

Well, I can’t help going to see Sibyl play, even if it is only for an act. I get hungry for her presence; and when I think of the wonderful soul that is hidden away in that little ivory body, I am filled with awe." "You can dine with me to-night, Dorian, can’t you?" He shook his head. "To night she is Imogen," he answered, "and tomorrow night she will be Juliet." "When is she Sibyl Vane?" "Never." "I congratulate you.

Nobody ever commits a crime without doing something stupid.

Newspapers have degenerated. They may now be absolutely relied upon.

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid.

What men call the shadow of the body is not the shadow of the body, but is the body of the soul.