A man who marries without knowing Bunbury has a very tedious time of it.

He made me see what Life is, and what Death signifies, and why Love is stronger than both.

I don't play accurately--any one can play accurately--but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life.

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

Every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character.

The story of mankind began in a garden and ended in revelations.

I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays. You can't go anywhere without meeting clever people. The thing has become an absolute public nuisance. I wish to goodness we had a few fools left. ALGERNON: We have. JACK: I should extremely like to meet them. What do they talk about? ALGERNON: The fools? Oh! about the clever people of course. JACK: What fools.