Common sense is the enemy of Romance :P:P

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

LADY STUTFIELD I adore silent men. MRS ALLONBY Oh, Ernest isn't silent. He talks the whole time. But he has got no conversation. What he talks about I don't know. I haven't listened to him for years.

It is that deep spiritual affection that is as pure as it is perfect. It is beautiful, it is fine, it is the noblest form of affection. There is nothing unnatural about it.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life.

Intellectual generalities are always interesting, but generalities in morals mean absolutely nothing.