Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

The worst slave owners were those who were kind to their slaves

Oh, how I vainly wished to the bearded man in the sky that I was Neapolitan. Why? So I could bring in a fine Neapolitan pest control to help with Queensberry's problem before it gets out of hand.

I analyzed you, though you did not adore me.

The youth of America is their oldest tradition. It has been going on now for three hundred years.

When asked what he thought of sports, Oscar Wilde replied, "I approve of any activity that requires the wearing of special clothing.