Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.

His sudden mad love for Sibyl Vane was a psychological phenomenon of no small interest. There was no doubt that curiosity had much to do with it, curiosity and the desire for new experiences; yet it was not a simple but rather a very complex passion.

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

I can believe anything provided it is quite incredible.

The vilest deeds like poison weeds Bloom well in prison air; It is only what is good in man That wastes and withers there.

If property had simply pleasures, we could stand it; but its duties make it unbearable. In the interest of the rich we must get rid of it.

You can never be overdressed or overeducated.