MRS ALLONBY Is she such a mystery? LORD ILLINGWORTH She is more than a mystery - she is a mood. MRS ALLONBY Moods don't last. LORD ILLINGWORTH It is their chief charm.

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.

The only thing I can't resist is temptation.

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

More women grow old nowadays through the faithfulness of their admirers than through anything else.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

The quivering, ardent sunlight showed him the lines of cruelty round the mouth as clearly as if he had been looking into a mirror after he had done some dreadful thing.