Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

Cecily. This is no time for wearing the shallow mask of manners. When I see a spade I call it a spade. Gwendolen. [Satirically.] I am glad to say that I have never seen a spade. It is obvious that our social spheres have been widely different.

When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love, and the wise already have one in reserve.

A bishop keeps on saying at the age of eighty what he was told to say at the age of eighteen.

All women are rebels.

History is only gossip.

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise for which we are later, in the fullness of time and understanding, very grateful for!