It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.
Oscar WildeAs for omens, there is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that.
Oscar WildeThe nineteenth century is a turning point in history, simply on account of the work of two men, Darwin and Renan, the one the critic of the Book of Nature, the other the critic of the books of God. Not to recognise this is to miss the meaning of one of the most important eras in the progress of the world.
Oscar Wilde