Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.
I've now realised for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.
Women treat us [men] like humanity treats gods – they worship us and keep bothering us to do something.
If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.
Life is too short to be taken seriously.
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.