A burnt child loves the fire.

It is not wise to find symbols in everything that one sees. It makes life too full of terrors.

Women have a much better time than men in this world; there are far more things forbidden to them.

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies.

And now, dear Mr. Worthing, I will not intrude any longer into a house of sorrow. I would merely beg you not to be too much bowed down by grief. What seem to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise. This seems to me a blessing of an extremely obvious kind.