The worst vice of the fanatic is his sincerity.

It is a very dangerous thing to know one’s friends.

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

It is only about things that do not interest one that one can give a really unbiased opinion, which is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinion is always absolutely valueless.

The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

Pray don't talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean something else. And that makes me quite nervous.

Nothing is good in moderation. You cannot know good in anything until you have torn the heart out of it by excess.