Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.

I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square.

The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.

The proper basis for marriage is a mutual misunderstanding.

She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman.

Life is too short to be in a hurry.

Ethics, like natural selection, make existence possible. Aesthetics, like sensual selection, make life lovely and wonderful, fill it with new forms, and give it progress, and variety and change.