He is fond of being misunderstood. It gives him a post of vantage.
Every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character.
Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that.
What a fuss people make about fidelity!" exclaimed Lord Henry. "Why, even in love it is purely a question for physiology. It has nothing to do with our own will. Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot: that is all one can say.
Good intentions are invariably ungrammatical.
A burnt child loves the fire.