Women treat us [men] like humanity treats gods – they worship us and keep bothering us to do something.

Man is made for something better than disturbing dirt.

The job of the critic is to report to us his moods.

Man is many things, but he is not rational.

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about things.

When asked what he thought of sports, Oscar Wilde replied, "I approve of any activity that requires the wearing of special clothing.

Miss Prism: Do not speak slightingly of the three-volume novel, Cecily. I wrote one myself in earlier days. Cecily: Did you really, Miss Prism? How wonderfully clever you are! I hope it did not end happily? I don't like novels that end happily. They depress me so much. Miss Prism: The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.