To live in this world is a rare thing; most people just exist.

Fashion: by which what is really fantastic becomes for a moment the universal.

Anybody can have common sense, provided that they have no imagination.

I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury, in order that I may be able to go down into the country whenever I choose.

Despotism is unjust to everybody, including the despot, who was probably made for better things.

All bad art is the result of good intentions.

Miss Prism: And you do not seem to realize, dear Doctor, that by persistently remaining single, a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation. Men should be more careful; this very celibacy leads weaker vessels astray. Chasuble: But is a man not equally attractive when married? Miss Prism: No married man is ever attractive except to his wife. Chasuble: And often, I've been told, not even to her.