The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

It was a fatal day when the public discovered that the pen is mightier than the paving-stone and can be made as offensive as a brickbat.

Artists, like the Greek gods, are only revealed to one another.

A man who marries without knowing Bunbury has a very tedious time of it.

In England ... education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and would probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square.

To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist - the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.

To look at a thing is very different from seeing it.