Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

I could never quite accustom myself to absinthe, but it suits my style so well

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob. It is through the voice of one crying in the wilderness that the ways of the gods must be prepared.

Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne.

A live unexamined isn't worth living. I will add, "A life unlived isn't worth examining.

A man whose desire is to be something separate from himself, to be a member of Parliament, or a successful grocer, or a prominent solicitor, or a judge, or something equally tedious, invariably succeeds in being what he wants to be. That is his punishment. Those who want a mask have to wear it.

The longer I live, Dorian, the more keenly I feel that whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for us. In art, as in politics, les grand-pères ont toujours tort.