The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them.

Don't give a woman advice; one should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening.

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.

As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg

The morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium.

Then I feel, Harry, that I have given away my whole soul to someone who treats it as if it were a flower to put in his coat, a bit of decoration to charm his vanity, an ornament for a summer's day.

I now see that sorrow, being the supreme emotion of which man is capable, is at once the type and test of all great art.