I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

I see that any materialism in life coarsens the soul, and that the hunger of the body and the appetites of the flesh desecrate always, and often destroy.

Love is like a war; easy to start but hard to end and you never know where it might take you.

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.

Well, I can’t help going to see Sibyl play, even if it is only for an act. I get hungry for her presence; and when I think of the wonderful soul that is hidden away in that little ivory body, I am filled with awe." "You can dine with me to-night, Dorian, can’t you?" He shook his head. "To night she is Imogen," he answered, "and tomorrow night she will be Juliet." "When is she Sibyl Vane?" "Never." "I congratulate you.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

It is a much cleverer thing to talk nonsense than to listen to it.