It is perfectly monstrous,' he said, at last, 'the way people go about nowadays saying things against one behind one's back that are absolutely and entirely true.

George Moore wrote brilliant English until he discovered grammar.

The world belongs to the discontented.

Progress in thought is the assertion of individualism against authority.

Never trust a woman who wears mauve, whatever her age may be, or a woman over thirty-five who is fond of pink ribbons.

Come, dear, [Gwendolen rises] we have already missed five, if not six, trains. To miss any more might expose us to comment on the platform.

Ah, on what little things does happiness depend.