I've now realised for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.

It is perfectly possible to get what you think you want and be miserable. It's possible too, to never get it but deeply enjoy the process of trying. In this world, there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.

In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.

It is only the superficial qualities that last. Man's deeper nature is soon found out.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

I don’t write this letter to put bitterness into your heart, but to pluck it out of mine. For my own sake I must forgive you.