I'm sure I don't know half the people who come to my house. Indeed, from all I hear, I shouldn't like to.

What men call the shadow of the body is not the shadow of the body, but is the body of the soul.

Those who have much are often greedy. Those who have little always share.

What the worm was to the corpse, his sins would be to the painted image on the canvas. They would mar its beauty, and eat away its grace. they would defile it, and make it shameful. And yet the thing would still live on. It would be always alive. (Dorian Gray regarding his portrait)

I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live in terror of not being misunderstood. Don't degrade me into the position of giving you useful information. Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

I love scandals about other people, but scandals about myself don’t interest me. They have not got the charm of novelty.

Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber