Hesitation of any kind is a sign of mental decay in the young, of physical weakness in the old.

Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

Would you like to know the great drama of my life? It is that I have put my genius into my life...I have put only my talent into my works.

What the worm was to the corpse, his sins would be to the painted image on the canvas. They would mar its beauty, and eat away its grace. they would defile it, and make it shameful. And yet the thing would still live on. It would be always alive. (Dorian Gray regarding his portrait)

Jack: Actually, I was found. Lady Bracknell: Found? Jack: Uh, yes, I was in... a handbag. Lady Bracknell: A handbag? Jack: Yes, it was... [makes gestures] Jack: an ordinary handbag.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.