LADY BRACKNELL Algernon is an extremely, I may almost say an ostentatiously, eligible young man. He has nothing, but he looks everything. What more can one desire?

The only thing worse than quoting me, is not quoting me

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.

Psycholog­y is in its infancy, as a science. I hope in the interests of Art, it will always remain so.

Caricature is the tribute which mediocrity pays to genius.

The British cook, for her iniquities, is a foolish woman who should be turned into a pillar of salt which she never knows how to use.

There is no such thing as morality or immorality in thought. There is immoral emotion.