An egg is always an adventure; the next one may be different.

Is insincerity such a terrible thing? I think not. It is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities.

You know I have loved him always. But we are very poor. Who, being loved, is poor? Oh, no one. I hate my riches. They are a burden.

To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist - the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.

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)

It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over us.

Personally, I have a great admiration for stupidity.