All art is at once surface and symbol.

Lord Illingworth told me this morning that there was an orchid there as beautiful as the seven deadly sins.

Every effect that one produces gives one an enemy. To be popular one must be a mediocrity.

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.

Most people live for love and admiration. But it is by love and admiration that we should live.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.