The only sin is stupidity.

To make men Socialists is nothing, but to make Socialism human is a great thing.

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.

It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institutions of private property.

I find I have, and a heart doesn’t suit me, Windermere. Somehow it doesn’t go with modern dress. It makes one look old.

Gwendolen, it is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth. Can you forgive me?

Life is too short to be taken seriously.