To me, Beauty is the wonder of wonders...It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.

[T]he recognition of private property has really harmed Individualism, and obscured it, by confusing a man with what he possesses. It has led Individualism entirely astray. It has made gain, not growth its aim. So that man thought that the important thing is to have, and did not know that the important thing is to be.

I was very much disappointed in the Atlantic Ocean.

Yes; poor Bunbury is a dreadful invalid. Well, I must say, Algernon, that I think it is high time that Mr. Bunbury made up his mind whether he was going to live or to die. This shillyshallying with the question is absurd.

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky.

Nowadays we are all of us so hard up that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments. They’re the only things we can pay.