God grant me the serenity to accept that people are ignorant, the courage to uphold the law when I'm hostile, & the wisdom to realize that murder is illegal.

Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping.

A glass of absinthe is as poetical as anything in the world. What difference is there between a glass of absinthe and a sunset?

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.

As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognize the liar by his rich rhythmic utterance, and in neither case will the casual inspiration of the moment suffice. Here, as elsewhere, practice must precede perfection.

No one wants to see a play called 'Lady Windermere's Fan'. It's going to be called 'Cocks in Frocks II' or I will find another publisher

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.