How sad it is!" murmured Dorian Gray with his eyes still fixed upon his own portrait. "How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrible, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young. It will never be older than this particular day of June… . If it were only the other way! If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old! For that—for that—I would give everything! Yes, there is nothing in the whole world I would not give! I would give my soul for that!

The youth of the present day are quite monstrous. They have absolutely no respect for dyed hair.

The only thing in the world worse than being Oscar Wilde is not being Oscar Wilde.

[T]he recognition of private property has really harmed Individualism, and obscured it, by confusing a man with what he possesses. It has led Individualism entirely astray. It has made gain, not growth its aim. So that man thought that the important thing is to have, and did not know that the important thing is to be.

It is not good for one's morals to see bad acting

The man with a clear conscience probably has a poor memory.

Learned conversation is either the affectation of the ignorant or the profession of the mentally unemployed.